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BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 04:03 AM (Ti0Hb) 2
well BOING!ed!
Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:04 AM (SSiCQ) 3
w00t
Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:04 AM (SSiCQ) 4
G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0) 5
Italy's privacy watchdog is under investigation for corruption and embezzlement. (Reuters)
I am shocked, shocked, to see corruption and embezzlement going on in here! haha! Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:05 AM (SSiCQ) 6
Morning all.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 16, 2026 04:05 AM (BLOW1) 7
>>>Everything I ordered during my definitely not drunken New Years Eve shopping spree
You don't drink, I think. Even when not ordering techy things. Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:06 AM (SSiCQ) 8
Gotta cook.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 04:07 AM (Ti0Hb) 9
Gotta caffeinate.
Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:07 AM (SSiCQ) 10
My phone is giving system isn't responding on everything
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0) 11
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 16, 2026 04:12 AM (bQ4nt) 12
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 04:23 AM (YoT4f) 13
>>>Everything I ordered during my definitely not drunken New Years Eve shopping spree has now shipped.
>You too? We need to unplug and just watch the disco ball drop. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 04:25 AM (BSdIE) 14
Is there a reason why NVidia is lying about vid cards availability?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 04:34 AM (YoT4f) 15
10 My phone is giving system isn't responding on everything
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:08 AM (Ia/+0) My brain was doing that pre-caffeination. Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:40 AM (SSiCQ) 16
My apple phone is trying to update everything again, and now it says, "Experience the new intelligence system." NO, I don't want to do that!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:43 AM (Nx5jP) 17
Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy at January 16, 2026 04:51 AM (AN2gy) 18
Devotional on "An enlarged heart"-Psalm 119:30-41. Devotional is followed by a prayer, reflection and additional insights:
https://tinyurl.com/2ayp3ayj Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:51 AM (Nx5jP) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:53 AM (Nx5jP) 20
Besides a sausage, egg and cheese on a English muffin had a breakfast cookie
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0) 21
My iPhone updated Wednesday. All the AI and Siri stuff I can find is off.
Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 04:55 AM (FqNtp) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 04:57 AM (Nx5jP) 23
Don't know Chris Rhea but that was nice
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0) 24
Chris Rea was very popular in the UK and Europe. Had some hits on this side of the Atlantic but never really got big. I liked him.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 05:07 AM (YoT4f) Posted by: Rosasharn at January 16, 2026 05:12 AM (PzBTm) 26
@24/Puddleglum: I'm fond of his songs "Texas" and "The Road to Hell".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 05:14 AM (O7YUW) 27
Rosasharn TGIF
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0) 28
As usual, Your video I see here start getting suggested on my YouTube
Chris Rhea died last year Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0) 29
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2026 05:21 AM (tljrc) 30
@28/Skip: Wikipedia has it that he died 22 December 2025 (aged 74) in Berkshire, England.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW) Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 05:23 AM (U2OZr) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 05:25 AM (q8Zj0) 33
Mornin', Horde. Been awake almost 4 hours, so read the ONT, went to the gym, got coffee, now resting comfortably.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 16, 2026 05:25 AM (NcvvS) 34
Chilly out, in 20s
Have a great day horde Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 05:28 AM (Ia/+0) 35
Senators are "demanding answers"! Not the dreaded strongly worded letter?...oh the horrors. Big tech must be shaking in their boots. Nothing a tiny campaign donation won't swiftly dismiss until the rubes' attention is drawn elsewhere.
Posted by: Deep Flake at January 16, 2026 05:29 AM (hyQrc) 36
Morning all from the ER. No idea. Back spasm so bad it made me go.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (GK5Hx) 37
Honestly, real bullet to the lower body should have been used much earlier on:
https://tinyurl.com/y68m5s28 This is... nuts! Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (q8Zj0) 38
Evening and morning, all! It's Friday, the consummatin devoutly to be wished!
It's 45 F. here, no wind to speak of so no wind chill. We'll supposedly hit 68 this pm, so I plan to work out in the afternoon. This morning, car wash and a quick Walmart visit, and maybe a stop at a coffee shop for a small pastry. (They're all small, but their prices are not.) So, what's the world coming to? Is Iran's ruling regime in smoking ruins yet? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9) 39
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 05:31 AM (GK5Hx)
Sorry to hear that. May you receive answers and healing. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 05:39 AM (Nx5jP) 40
Good morning! Kinda chilly here in Cowtown, headed for the high 50s this afternoon. The squirrel has found the new bird feeder but it has a camera on it so now he has a mug shot.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 16, 2026 05:42 AM (3Ope8) 41
Mary Poppins PPP
I hope you are here today Last time you were here you mentioned that you felt numb and can't feel God. That's not unusual for all people of faith at some time or another. Here are some thoughts on that from a Christian perspective: https://tinyurl.com/yuz5arh4 I am praying for you. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2026 05:48 AM (Nx5jP) 42
Yeah, I'm not believing a word from Nvidia on that 5070 Ti/5060 Ti walkback.
They said the same thing about the availablility of their cards this time last year and it all turned out to be B.S., and that was before memory prices skyrocketed. Once they finally got their cards into the supply stream the prices were well above MSRP and still are for the higher VRAM cards, especially the 5080 and 5090 which have never come close to MSRP. So maybe they'll keep selling 5070 Ti and 5060 Ti but you probably aren't going to enjoy paying $1000 for what's supposed to be a $750 card, or $650 for what's supposed to be a $430 card. AMD can make some real headway here in the midrange GPU market if they don't shoot themselves in the foot. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt) 43
@32/Biden's Dog: Well that one won't be airworthy ever again. Expensive strap failure, that.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 16, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW) 44
G'mornin' everyone!
pure poetry this morning, Pixy! snowed (snew?) overnight, must investigate and make a cup of coffee Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 16, 2026 06:07 AM (Cjt/F) Thursday Overnight Open Thread - January 15, 2026 [Doof]![]() Feel good story Fiancé Surprises His Bride with Wedding Shower in the Preschool Where They First Met as Toddlers ![]() Engaged to be wed this month, a young Texan wrangled the support of an entire preschool class to throw his fiancée a surprise bridal shower. Walking into her preschool class at Shlenker school in Houston, Zoe Kampf was surprised by a troupe of children dressed in floral garlands and bow ties who handed her a tiara and a sash. In the middle of it all was her hubby-to-be, Sean Folloder, in the very room where he had first met his beloved. “When I walked in, I was really surprised,” Kampf told the Jewish Herald-Voice. “They had cookies and decorated the classroom. They gave me a sash and a veil and crown. It was really cute.”Well played, Sean. ----- Unexpectedly! One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets Over the decades, a glacier in Central Asia appears to have been growing when almost every other glacier on Earth has been shrinking. Now, a scientific expedition has recovered ice cores containing 30,000 years of frozen water in the hopes that somewhere inside lies some indication of how we can help these rivers of ice survive as the planet warms. Located in the Pamir Mountains, the Kon-Chukurbashi high-altitude ice cap in Tajikistan defies convention. While a substantial number of glaciers have completely disappeared, it has grown in size, and scientists want to know how and why.You don't need to check out the whole thing. But it is a hoot to still see these climate doomers before they go the way of the dodo. ----- AI is asshoe. Court Invalidates Marriage Due to Incorrect AI-Generated Speech During Wedding Ceremony On January 6th, the District Court of Overijssel, in the Netherlands, invalidated a wedding ceremony held in April of last year in the city of Zwolle. Despite the married couple’s pleas, the Court decided that their marriage had never legally existed because the wording of their wedding speeches, which had been generated by ChatGPT, did not include certain mandatory phrases. The Dutch couple had appointed a friend to officiate as a temporary civil registrar, known as an eendagsbabs in the Netherlands, and he decided to have ChatGPT generate more romantic and informal speeches for the newlyweds. The bot came up with a more relaxed version of the usual wedding speech, but one that did not include a mandatory declaration.Using ChatGPT to devise your wedding speech? Asshoes! ----- Only 11 years for our Wednesday ONT host to finish growing up? T. rex took 40 years to become fully grown An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex individuals reveals that the dinosaurs matured much more slowly than previously thought, and adds to the evidence that they weren't all one species The largest-ever analysis of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils suggests the giant and fierce Cretaceous predator was a late bloomer, taking 35 to 40 years to reach maturity. The findings also further the debate about whether there were several T. rex species instead of just one and whether smaller specimens, once thought to be juveniles, are in fact a more diminutive species called Nanotyrannus.Keep growing, lil Dino! ----- Pedal to the metal! A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’ Americans love driving fast cars fast. It’s the mystique of white-knuckling a sports car to its limit that made the German autobahn and Paul Walker famous. An Arizona lawmaker wants to give drivers the green light to drive as fast as they deem “reasonable and prudent” on some of the state’s long, straight stretches of paved road, saying the lack of a speed limit will actually reduce deadly crashes. A traffic safety advocate said the bill invites catastrophic wrecks that could lead to higher insurance premiums for the state’s slowpokes.Probably good arguments against this, but it sounds kinda kewl to me! Kraftwerk agrees ![]() Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Sorry I'm early. My Refresh button got stuck. Posted by: mindful webworker - surrealistically at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (FMpsC) 2
Yay. ONT Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (3ek7K) 3
Yay, ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok) 4
I alerted the miscreants Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (3ek7K) 5
Voici ONT!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (nbLIj) 6
Gorgeous mountains.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (APZWP) 7
The theme is types of alcohol? Gin, bourbon, and wine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6) 8
One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
--- Daily diet of vitamins and minerals? (ESPECIALLY MINERALS!) Constant, regular exercise? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU) Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (nhCoE) 10
Booze
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (IhIKR) 11
Kon-Chukurbashi is hoarding all the ice.
Posted by: mindful webworker - invade the Pamir Mountains at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (FMpsC) 12
Nice to see AZ making news for wanting to try something different. Too bad they used a CA road sign at the top of the article.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (lUFok) 13
Good evening morons en bedankt Disko
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX) 14
That was a long time to wait for the ONT. I hope everyone is okay.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (P5A9z) Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (3ek7K) 16
One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
--- Daily diet of vitamins and minerals? (ESPECIALLY MINERALS!) Constant, regular exercise? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Proper hydration, surely? Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (nhCoE) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (y9nCu) 18
America’s autobahn? I thought that was Montana.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0MjtC) 19
Met a lover in preschool? That's so hot.
Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0e5Te) 20
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 10:13 PM (SRRAx) 21
Met a lover in preschool? That's so hot.
Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0e5Te) Hahaha!! Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf) 22
The performers have alcoholic names!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX) 23
No speed limit in the US? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. We have lots of cars around capable of 150+mph. Going fast is a learned skill. Stopping from going fast is another. Tires are another. The vast range of idiots around is the last!
Thanks for the ONT, Doof! Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA) 24
Booze
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (IhIKR) The source of and the solution to most of our problems. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s) 26
Mr. Doooooooooof! Thanks for the entertaining Thursday Night ONT!
So our little T-Rex is a late bloomer, eh? When do his arms catch up with the rest of his body? That history of the condom is pretty funny... Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk) 27
The theme is types of alcohol? Gin, bourbon, and wine?
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:10 PM (Cjcf6) You missed a couple varieties with George Thorogood, but yes. Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf) 28
I'm only capable of Level 1 puzzles so I have to take it where I can.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX) 29
One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
- Government grants! The secret is government grants! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (L/fGl) 30
How are you, Teresa? Recovered from that nasty bug? How is your treatment going?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (nz1sK) 31
35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (x4Mz/) Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf) 33
One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
- Government grants! The secret is government grants! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (L/fGl) --- How many Somalis claim to live on or around the glacier? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (ESVrU) 34
Does Montana have a nighttime only speed limit? Or did they rid of that limit when the 55 mph speed limit for federal funds stopped.
On a related note, I suspect the AZ traffic engineers would prefer the flat roads get laid out like the one in the top photo; driving 3 miles to get 1 mile closer to your destination. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j) 35
Using ChatGPT to devise your wedding speech? Asshoes!
- Yeah, nothing says personalizing your vows quite like ChatGPT. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (vSvIl) 36
Mr. Doooooooooof! Thanks for the entertaining Thursday Night ONT!
So our little T-Rex is a late bloomer, eh? When do his arms catch up with the rest of his body? That history of the condom is pretty funny... Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk) Glad you enjoyed it! Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf) 37
Mr Scary was my lab partner in sophomore biology class. We were just pals. There was time and space and we grew on each other. Like mold, but nicer. This year our marriage turns 29.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (n4Qav) 38
35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?
About five years, then it had a mid-life crises and bought a sports car. Since there were no speed limits back then they all died in fiery high speed crashes. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (lUFok) 39
There was some road out west, I forget where, that essentially had no speed limit I thought. California or Nevada. Some time in the 90s. Am I remembering that right? I was on a road trip with a friend and I remember him saying some road we were going hella fast on was fine actually because it had no speed limit.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (3uBP9) Posted by: Joyenz at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (2F0/Y) 41
Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:19 PM (4BNa1) Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX) 43
Why are "scientists" so concerned about chunks of ice? Water changes state every day all over the world. Just happened on my stove a while ago.
Posted by: Glacial Pace at January 15, 2026 10:19 PM (oftw2) 44
A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’
__________________________ I can't decide. Do we call it the "Paul Walker Patch" or maybe the "James Dead Divider"..."The Jayne Mansfield Headway"..."Princess Di Drive" ..."Harry Chapin Highway" (Ok, maybe the Jayne Mansfield one was just a tad over the line.....BUT, so was she...so BONUS) Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske) 45
That history of the condom is pretty funny...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 15, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk) The Australian version uses New Zealand and sheep. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (S/Y4j) 46
I think glaciers are healthy at any size.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (w/O5Q) 47
I think Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth is having its 20th anniversary .
It didn’t age well to say the least. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (KDPiq) 48
Met a lover in preschool? That's so hot.
Posted by: Timothy Busfield at January 15, 2026 10:12 PM (0e5Te) Bloody right! Posted by: Prince Andrew at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (N/gmR) 49
whoa....#44 James DEAN....that's James DEAN, not James DEAD...although he is that...
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske) 50
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)
Perf, I have a pic that might be suitable for the BT. Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (uQesX) 51
I was on a road trip with a friend and I remember him saying some road we were going hella fast on was fine actually because it had no speed limit.
Your friend is full of sh*t. But you probably already knew that. Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (Fs0KI) 52
Man, it's too cold in GA. The latest weather report says there'll be glaciers. I escaped the midwest to get away from this.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (3uBP9) 53
Arizona lawmaker wants to give drivers the green light to drive as fast as they deem “reasonable and prudent” on some of the state’s long, straight stretches...
Highway 90 between Sierra Vista and Tombstone. 105 mph. This was 1975. So I was told... Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB) 54
No speed limit in the US? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. We have lots of cars around capable of 150+mph. Going fast is a learned skill. Stopping from going fast is another. Tires are another. The vast range of idiots around is the last!
Thanks for the ONT, Doof! Posted by: LRob in OK ==== You'd have to ban dumbass Hoosiers from the state. There wouldbe carnage from 100+ mph cars plowing into Indiana-plated cars going 55 in the passing lane. Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (8AONa) 55
35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?
About five years, then it had a mid-life crises and bought a sports car. Since there were no speed limits back then they all died in fiery high speed crashes. Posted by: Blanco Basura And while they could really mash the pedals, the steering wheel was problematic. Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (nhCoE) 56
I can't decide. Do we call it the "Paul Walker Patch" or maybe the "James Dead Divider"..."The Jayne Mansfield Headway"..."Princess Di Drive" ..."Harry Chapin Highway"
Since they finally finished the 101 south of San Jose a while back CA82 is no longer known as "Blood Alley". Could maybe use that? Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (lUFok) Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (6Uni8) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (4BNa1) 59
Speed limits are based on road conditions. I don’t have a problem with people driving fast on 4 lane divided highway with limited traffic and unlimited visibility, long straight stretches, dry pavement and the rest of it.
I do have a problem with people driving the speed limit in poor visibility or at night in the rain and snow on 2 lane roads with curves, etc. I’ve never seen anyone get a ticket for that, unless they are in a collision. A little late then, huh. One thing Europe does correct is the Autobahn - right? … but then note well the large trucks or semis are limited to the right hand lane and no more than 100kph (62 mph). They do require actual safety inspections and the cars I drove had good brakes. American domestic car brakes are like mush in comparison. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (S4YIq) 60
Has Busfield been located yet?
Posted by: Wrong Arm Of The Law at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2) 61
There's a 16-mile stretch between Shawnee, Oklahoma and the Turner Turnpike (Chandler, Oklahoma). Those 16 miles were bliss to the freshman in college me--I hit all kinds of speeds over that 2-lane stretch. In retrospect, I question only how I would have done had I climbed a hill and found a combine in my lane.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6) 62
I see they caught the guy that stole a rifle and ammo from an ICE vehicle. Some Latin Kings thug with a long rap sheet ... they got his license plate, and tracked him down.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (vbXSk) 63
Government grants! The secret is government grants!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (L/fGl) Money for Somalian! Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s) 64
22 The performers have alcoholic names!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX) The performers are alcoholics. Or were, in Amy's case. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (MZ+PY) 65
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35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 10:17 PM (x4Mz/) Marc Bolan? Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (6Uni8) 66
ice cores containing 30,000 years of frozen water in the hopes that somewhere inside lies some indication of how we can help these rivers of ice survive as the planet warms.
Warming? I read that to say we've been getting colder for the last 30,000 years. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ) 67
> A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’
------ I-5, east of San Jose and all the way to Bakersfield. Flat, good visibility, radar detector. Yea... 130MPH is doable for long periods of time. Until you need gas. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (U2OZr) 68
The ones in Glacier National Park seemed to be doing just fine, last time I visited.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (APZWP) 69
You'd have to ban dumbass Hoosiers from the state. There wouldbe carnage from 100+ mph cars plowing into Indiana-plated cars going 55 in the passing lane.
Posted by: 2009Refugee Ohio waves "hi". Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (N/gmR) 70
35-40 years for T Rex to mature? How long did its peak last?
About five years, then it had a mid-life crises and bought a sports car. Since there were no speed limits back then they all died in fiery high speed crashes. Posted by: Blanco Basura And while they could really mash the pedals, the steering wheel was problematic. Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:22 PM (nhCoE) That must be why they only drove cars like the 1903 Oldsmobile, with the long steering arm. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (S/Y4j) Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (lUFok) 72
I look forward to reading exciting reports from Arizona's new Darwin Awards Highway.
Posted by: mindful webworker - how do you get this thing out of second gear?? at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (FMpsC) 73
Hmm...thinking of other band/artist names that might have worked for tonight's quiz:
Everclear April Wine Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young... Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (nbLIj) 74
Somebody moved TRex's keyboard out in the middle of his desk and he can't reach it to comment.
Probably. Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA) 75
The ones in Glacier National Park seemed to be doing just fine, last time I visited.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (APZWP) --- They store them in giant freezers during the off season. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (ESVrU) 76
I can't decide. Do we call it the "Paul Walker Patch" or maybe the "James Dead Divider"..."The Jayne Mansfield Headway"..."Princess Di Drive" ..."Harry Chapin Highway"
(Ok, maybe the Jayne Mansfield one was just a tad over the line.....BUT, so was she...so BONUS) Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske) Arizona, right? Maybe we should put Tom in the Mix? Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (uQesX) 77
Busfield turned himself in. Said it's a lie and when he gets hold of the kid, he's going to spank that little monkey.
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 10:27 PM (0e5Te) 78
I've driven the Autobahn (the German one) in a Ford Thunderbird. One of the US Armored guys had it shipped over. There were two problems.
1. It was a Sunday morning, and that's when the serious drivers are out burning carbon...scary fast. 2. The second problem was more pronounced. It was just before the Berlin wall came down, and there were East Germans sneaking into West Germany through Hungary...in their Trabants (which were powered by twisted rubber bands). And, those idiots were in the far left lane causing some of the worst accidents Germany had ever seen until the banned them at certain times of the day. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 10:27 PM (dIske) 79
Has Busfield been located yet?
---- Yeah. He turned himself in. But only after he posted a video to social media declaring his innocence. I don't know how I feel about it yet. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:27 PM (Cjcf6) 80
Somebody moved TRex's keyboard out in the middle of his desk and he can't reach it to comment.
Probably. Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA) He might be playing with an RC TRex, and lost track of time. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j) 81
>>> One thing Europe does correct is the Autobahn - right? … but then note well the large trucks or semis are limited to the right hand lane and no more than 100kph (62 mph). They do require actual safety inspections and the cars I drove had good brakes. American domestic car brakes are like mush in comparison.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (S4YIq) Top Gear had an episode where this gal, crazy speed freak, raced a moving van down the autobahn. Great episode. She was trying to beat the best time of a sports car. And she almost did. I found it: youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc She's a keeper. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (3uBP9) 82
Hmm...thinking of other band/artist names that might have worked for tonight's quiz:
Everclear April Wine Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young... Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM (nbLIj) Damn. Missed opportunity for April Wine - Roller. https://youtu.be/he3VGX3rfck Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf) 83
A few states had “reasonable and prudent” speed limits (during daylight hours) way back in the day.
By the time of the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit (Richard Nixon signed it into law) only Montana balked, and officially complied though speeding tickets were only a $5 fine, payable on the spot, for “wasting energy”. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (S4YIq) 84
The ones in Glacier National Park seemed to be doing just fine, last time I visited.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:25 PM (APZWP) Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"? Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (bhZyo) 85
Another thing to consider about AZ is that recreational marijuana is legal. When high speed meets good weed, bad things are gonna happen.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (lUFok) 86
I think those Montana $5 tickets lasted for the whole day.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA) 87
Hmm...thinking of other band/artist names that might have worked for tonight's quiz:
Everclear April Wine Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young... Posted by: Joe Kidd Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins https://youtu.be/-x07IbOgEUU Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (nhCoE) 88
Musk -
“I will be filing for full custody today,” Elon, 54, wrote on X Jan. 12, “given her statements implying she might transition a one-year-old boy.” --- Maybe he will start using more discretion in his choice of girlfriends. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (4BNa1) 89
I saw Uppers, Weed, Pills & Hash open for the Mugwumps at the Fillmore in ‘68
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (S4YIq) 90
(62 mph). They do require actual safety inspections and the cars I drove had good brakes. American domestic car brakes are like mush in comparison.
Posted by: Common Tater I didn't get where I am today, head of Sunshine Desserts, by concerning myself with such trivialities as brakes. Wouldn't be prudent. Posted by: C.J., Sunshine Desserts at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (oftw2) 91
Have y'all noticed that nobody's talking about Gaza anymore?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Fs0KI) 92
Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy IIRC, during the Covidiocy lockdown. And they replaced them with signs without a date. Can't admit to being wrong! Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (nhCoE) 93
Another thing to consider about AZ is that recreational marijuana is legal. When high speed meets good weed, bad things are gonna happen.
----- I'm not a fan of legal weed. Sometimes society should decide that certain things are hard to obtain. It separates certain people from other people. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6) 94
74 Somebody moved TRex's keyboard out in the middle of his desk and he can't reach it to comment.
Probably. Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:26 PM *** How did you know? I never really thought that a TRex matures. Perhaps just becomes more seasoned. I'm more like an 8 year old stuck in a 29 year old body. Fart jokes are still funny and matchbox cars are still cool. Posted by: TRex - dino en route to AZ at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq) 95
Darlin' Doof...I even got the connection of the songs! For once!
Loved the preschool romance. It will be 50yrs this September when I met my guy in a hospital elevator. Introduced by one of my classmates he was "sort of" dating. Going to have our son or DIL take our photo in the elevator, which I know is weird vs a field or normal, like in class or a blind date, or a plane. But it is what it is. He asked if there's going to be a side eye shot of him looking at my boobs and I said he did not. Yes, apparently, he did when I wasn't looking. I guess all guys do this? Except the gheys? We just watched a weird but funny at times movie called Hit and Run. We spent most of the movie in a super weird conversation throughout. Guessing who the stars were and various idiotic stuff about them.Movies we'd seen them in, someone was dating a model, etc. In sort of short hand disjointed sentences as we watched. Normally we make more sense. Keep in mind we are retarded and barely know who anyone is, so it was pitiful at times. Somehow he knew Bradley Cooper was dating a Hadid model. I laughed and said even for us this is a weird conversation and he agreed. Such are the daze of our lives. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (WONhk) 96
You know, that quoted bit about the two people who met in kindergarten doesn't say they were both students in the kindergarten. In this day and age that might be something important to put right up front in the first paragraph or so. Just sayin'.
Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 10:32 PM (lUAkb) 97
Cute story about the engagement party. My brother met his wife in elementary school. My sister babysat her. They used to play with He-Man figures, obviously she was She-ra. They put those figures on their wedding cake.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:32 PM (OoFl2) Posted by: AI can suck my balls at January 15, 2026 10:32 PM (TbWk/) 99
Top Gear had an episode where this gal, crazy speed freak, raced a moving van down the autobahn. Great episode. She was trying to beat the best time of a sports car. And she almost did.
I found it: youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc She's a keeper. Sabine Schmitz, who sadly left this world in 2021. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (lUFok) 100
Spent considerable time on the autobahn, mid - 80s. Only saw one wreck and, hoo boy! Several fatalities. Involved a big Audi going over the center wall at some significant speed. I was on the same side as the Audi and all I saw was that car upside down in the air headed into the other lane. Gasthaus knew the story that evening.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA) 101
Their music was already tedious:
Dropkick Murphys are releasing the anti-I.C.E. song “Citizen I.C.E.” as part of a new tour-only split LP with fellow Boston band Haywire titled New England Forever. “Citizen I.C.E.” is a reworking of the Dropkick’s 2005 song “Citizen C.I.A.” Performed live during the band’s Fall 2025 European tour, the reworking melds the original’s surging arrangement with lyrics that don’t pull punches: “Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop/ Citizen I.C.E.” Haywire also lend a hand and are featured on the track. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (Cjcf6) 102
Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (bhZyo) Yes, those were posted in the Obama years. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (APZWP) 103
Darlin' Doof...I even got the connection of the songs! For once!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (WONhk) I knew you could do it! Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf) 104
I think under the Leftist Rules of Concern, Outrage, and Smug Superiority, once you put a Gaza or Ukraine flag in your Twitter bio, you don't have to talk about it or do anything else.
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (0e5Te) 105
An analysis of growth rings in the leg bones of 17 Tyrannosaurus rex
Wait, to know how old he is we have to cut him open?!? No wonder dinosaurs are extinct. Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 10:35 PM (lUAkb) 106
Hi all, riffing on the LASIK info post last thread: I had it done in 2007 and it was great for about seven years. But, the combo of tons of screen time (reading legal documents) and a strong astigmatism defeated it. The idea of fixing the issue once and for all is appealing.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 10:35 PM (1auMZ) 107
My lovely wife claims she noticed me while dragging the High Street bars back in the 70's. I said, "No way!" She said "Yes, way!" and described who I was with, what I was wearing, and exactly what I was doing. Dayum - she was right.
We didn't meet again until 30 some odd years later and it's a damn good thing we didn't. As immature as I was when we formally met, I was 100x worse while in college. Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/) 108
I knew you could do it!
Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf) Takin' the short bus! Thanks, you Moron. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (WONhk) 109
Was Glacier the park where they had to take down the signs that said, "This glacier will be gone by 2020"?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy IIRC, during the Covidiocy lockdown. And they replaced them with signs without a date. Can't admit to being wrong! Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (nhCoE) I'm waiting to see the glaciers expand and knock those signs down. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j) 110
I miss Amy Winehouse. She had IT!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:37 PM (BSdIE) 111
I never really thought that a TRex matures. Perhaps just becomes more seasoned. I'm more like an 8 year old stuck in a 29 year old body. Fart jokes are still funny and matchbox cars are still cool.
Posted by: TRex - dino en route to AZ at January 15, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq) Can a T Rex do the "pull my finger" thing? Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf) Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA) 113
Maybe he will start using more discretion in his choice of girlfriends. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (4BNa1 He actually said this in a post. Well, what he said was he can’t populate the earth with his offspring all over everywhere and this debacle has hurt people he loves. Perhaps a reference to Shivon? He is also in a battle with Grimes, who despite all her weirdness has stopped playing her drama out publicly. I think if you have a muskette, you should shut up and be the one he trusts. Otherwise, it is going to be very, very hard for you. Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2) 114
You people and your Gottdamn meet-cute happy ending fairy tale stories. *grumbles*
Posted by: Life is such a fucking disappointment at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (TbWk/) 115
As immature as I was when we formally met, I was 100x worse while in college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/) College was when we met. He knows all about me. No secrets. He knew exactly what he was getting into and so did I. We were both a bit wild and crazy and got it out of our systems before we hatched sons. Raised them to be outstanding men who vote conservative. Somehow we did it and they have no idea what we did in our youth. No regrets. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk) 116
I've seen much more sketchy driving on on US freeways at low speed than the German autobahn at high speed.
As much as people might thing the Autobahns are ruled by the sportscars, the truth is the black and gray wagons are the ones to watch for. They fly. Brush with fame - we crossed paths with Sabine a few times. I have a photo of us together somewhere standing next to her Porsche race car with a giant meatball on the side (Frikadelli sponsorship). She grew up at the Nurburgring. She was special. Posted by: TRex - speedy dino at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq) 117
I might have once got the 1970 Mustang Mach I up to 99mph on the turnpike from Tulsa to OKC. Managed to have it slowed down to only 80 when the hypo caught me.
The speed limit was 70 back then, IIRC, so the ticket wasn't as bad as it might have been. I did not ever again tempt fate (and jail time and loss of license). Anyway, the gal I was hustling down to meet stood me up. No regerts. Posted by: mindful webworker - 351 four in the floor herst shifter fire-engine red at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (FMpsC) Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm) 119
>>> 115 As immature as I was when we formally met, I was 100x worse while in college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/) College was when we met. He knows all about me. No secrets. He knew exactly what he was getting into and so did I. We were both a bit wild and crazy and got it out of our systems before we hatched sons. Raised them to be outstanding men who vote conservative. Somehow we did it and they have no idea what we did in our youth. No regrets. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk) Are you sure they don't lurk here? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (ULPxl) 120
Electric blankets are wonderful. Especially when you’re single. And it’s wintertime. And it’s cold outside.
Of course a snuggle with someone would also be nice. Snuggle your spouse. Hold Their hand. Close your eyes and appreciate the warmth. Or turn your electric blanket up another notch. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (IhIKR) 121
Spent considerable time on the autobahn, mid - 80s. Only saw one wreck and, hoo boy! Several fatalities. Involved a big Audi going over the center wall at some significant speed. I was on the same side as the Audi and all I saw was that car upside down in the air headed into the other lane. Gasthaus knew the story that evening.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA) Worst one I saw was in Nuremburg. Lady got T-boned while turning in an intersection. No seatbelt and she went flying out the passenger side of the car and hit the sidewalk curb. Nasty. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB) 122
Bar's open, right?
https://youtu.be/mKc_Ej8RiVs Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm) If you're here, of course it's open! Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf) 123
Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:41 PM (8zz6B) 124
Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:41 PM (8zz6B) Howdy AOP! Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf) 125
120 Electric blankets are wonderful. Especially when you’re single. And it’s wintertime. And it’s cold outside.
Of course a snuggle with someone would also be nice. Snuggle your spouse. Hold Their hand. Close your eyes and appreciate the warmth. Or turn your electric blanket up another notch. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (IhIKR) Or snuggle a creature. Currently there are 2 cats and a dog in here with me. It’s actually kind of crowded, but they are comfy cozy. Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (OoFl2) 126
"The Dark Crystal" looks great in 4K. It's still not a great story. But looks great!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (CHHv1) 127
Winehouse' "back to black" is still heartwrenching.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (gKWVE) 128
106 Hi all, riffing on the LASIK info post last thread: I had it done in 2007 and it was great for about seven years. But, the combo of tons of screen time (reading legal documents) and a strong astigmatism defeated it. The idea of fixing the issue once and for all is appealing.
Posted by: Effie Perrine That was almost exactly my daughter's experience. She had it done in college around 2008, then joined the Army right after graduation. She was happy she needed no glasses in the military, especially deploying to Afghanistan. She left the Army as a Captain in 2015, but within about three years started needing specs again. She is a married Mom of two and is A CPA for Lockheed-Martin. Posted by: All I Know About Glasses at January 15, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2) 129
"The Dark Crystal" looks great in 4K. It's still not a great story. But looks great!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm Yeah, the TV series was better. It was a death penalty offense not to produce more seasons. Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE) 130
DOOF!
I simply cannot decide on a scotch, or one bourbon,or one beer....I think I'll try a pepsi🙂.... Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (LNeRu) 131
Snuggle your spouse. Hold Their hand. Close your eyes and appreciate the warmth.
Or turn your electric blanket up another notch. Posted by: nurse ratched ----------- {{{nurse}}} Yeah, got the 'lectric blanket... Can only hold hands with hubby at the facility. *sad face* Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (rdVOm) 132
I met my wife at a slave auction. I beat her frequently, and she poisons my food.
Does that make it better? Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2) 133
>>> He actually said this in a post. Well, what he said was he can’t populate the earth with his offspring all over everywhere and this debacle has hurt people he loves. Perhaps a reference to Shivon? He is also in a battle with Grimes, who despite all her weirdness has stopped playing her drama out publicly. I think if you have a muskette, you should shut up and be the one he trusts. Otherwise, it is going to be very, very hard for you.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2) I think he was pretty crappy to grimes for a while. In a scattered brain, oblivious, not taking care of important health issue, doctor stuff for his children way. He's too much of a man child and needs to grow up. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (3uBP9) 134
I always liked seeing the big sign on the overpass on eastbound I-90 at Exit 0, Lookout Pass (border with Idaho) that proclaimed the daytime speed limit to be "reasonable and prudent". There were stretches of that highway north of Butte where I'd be doing 80 or so in my truck and be passed by cars doing at least 30mph faster.
As the article mentions, it was a Libertarian Party member who got that killed. Another reason to dislike the party of sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (j7INY) 135
I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....
Posted by: COMountainMarie ------- Try it with Bailey's! Seriously. It's like a melted ice cream float. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm) 136
DOOF!
I simply cannot decide on a scotch, or one bourbon,or one beer....I think I'll try a pepsi🙂.... Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (LNeRu) Howdy COMM! Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (QMAsf) 137
I met my wife at a slave auction. I beat her frequently, and she poisons my food.
Does that make it better? Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2) ==== What matters is, How are her sammiches. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX) 138
DOOF!
I simply cannot decide on a scotch, or one bourbon,or one beer....I think I'll try a pepsi🙂.... Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:44 PM (LNeRu) NO YOU'RE ON DRUGS!!! Posted by: Guess the reference for retro points at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/) 139
The history of the condom is incomplete. It doesn't explain why the muzzies invented it. That also involves goats. They were very enlightened during that time period as I've been told repeatedly.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (vzcgi) 140
Bar's open, right?
https://youtu.be/mKc_Ej8RiVs Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm) Wait! What??? Open? That means there is a closing time. Damn it. Nobody tells me anything. *looks at tin foil membership* This thing is worthless. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB) 141
From a January 2020 CNN article:
The signs at Glacier National Park warning that its signature glaciers would be gone by 2020 are being changed. The signs in the Montana park were added more than a decade ago to reflect climate change forecasts at the time by the US Geological Survey, park spokeswoman Gina Kurzmen told CNN. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 10:48 PM (APZWP) 142
There was some road out west, I forget where, that essentially had no speed limit I thought. California or Nevada.
---- Nevada, but not really. They had no speed limits signs, but... In 1972, I was stopped by a Nevada State cop on I80, out around Elko. He asked me if I knew how fast I was going. I said 107. He told me my speedo.was off, I was doing 102. He then proceeded to "larn" me about Nevada's speed law, which was "reasonable and prudent", and that 102 didn't meet that definition. He told me that anything above 90 during the day and 70 at night would get me pulled over. He let me off with a warning, because my car was in good mecanical.shape with good tires. I remember one thing he said - "You wouldn't believe the number of people I stop.out here, doing over a hundred with cord showing on their tires.. and with little kids in the car." The next year, we had the gas crisis and the national 55. After we got rid of that, Nevada never went back, and had speed limits signs.like everyone else. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 10:48 PM (ibgwE) 143
Does Montana have a nighttime only speed limit? Or did they rid of that limit when the 55 mph speed limit for federal funds stopped.
On a related note, I suspect the AZ traffic engineers would prefer the flat roads get laid out like the one in the top photo; driving 3 miles to get 1 mile closer to your destination. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j) They have night limits on some roads, not all. Probably based upon frequency of animal strkes. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:49 PM (8zz6B) 144
132 I met my wife at a slave auction. I beat her frequently, and she poisons my food.
Does that make it better? Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (BI5O2) Possibly. Were you buying or up for sale too? Posted by: A meet-brute story at January 15, 2026 10:49 PM (TbWk/) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (E0p3T) Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (47diA) 147
Evenin'
Over the decades, a glacier in Central Asia appears to have been growing when almost every other glacier on Earth has been shrinking. Some are shrinking, others are not, but whatever. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (YoT4f) 148
Hi all, riffing on the LASIK info post last thread: I had it done in 2007 and it was great for about seven years. But, the combo of tons of screen time (reading legal documents) and a strong astigmatism defeated it. The idea of fixing the issue once and for all is appealing.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 10:35 PM (1auMZ) The wife had it done in 1997. She was blind as a bat. If you're sitting across a large room she would not know who you were. If she lost her glasses she probably couldn't drive. Driving her home from the procedure she was reading license plates 3-4 cars ahead of us. We stopped at McDonalds on the way home, and sitting in the car in the parking lot was reading the frigging drive thru menu from the parking lot. I was amazed. She was seeing like a hawk. No more glasses, no contacts, zip, nadda. Almost 30 years later and she don't need reading glasses, and only just recently needs a mild set of glasses for driving, but isn't really a necessity. She just likes to be able see street signs from far away so they don't sneak up on her. She got a lot of millage out of that procedure. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (snZF9) 149
Ive taken the Town Car up to a hundred miles an hour on I-10, in west Texas, when it was only me, a semi, and the wind. It was for passing only; when the wind blows in west Texas, you wan to get past the semis as quickly as possible.
Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty Id not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt Id go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK) 150
146 I hope sea level has risen to Al Gore's porch by now . . . .
What a dumbass! Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (47diA) They lie to us all the time. They know they're lying. They laugh all the way to the bank behind their devotees' backs. And yet, so many people remain enthralled, taking every word as gospel. Posted by: Only sane man in the asylum at January 15, 2026 10:52 PM (TbWk/) 151
I suppose not too many folks liked Amy W...I really did dig her...oh well...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 10:52 PM (LNeRu) 152
The sad part of the glacier story is I'm sure the political clown who put up the sign still works there and has been promoted 3 times since he did it.
Literally, more people die in those government jobs than get fired. Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 10:53 PM (0e5Te) 153
I think he was pretty crappy to grimes for a while. In a scattered brain, oblivious, not taking care of important health issue, doctor stuff for his children way. He's too much of a man child and needs to grow up. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 10:45 PM (3uBP9) Agreed. She thought they were still a family. Then Shivon had twins. That’s pretty ugly. Maybe the silver lining of his experience with a psycho gold digger is he grows up and realizes women are humans, not incubators. He is a strangely hands on father for someone not super concerned who their mothers were. Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:53 PM (OoFl2) 154
Biggest driving hazard currently IMHO is LED headlights at night. Those fucking things are BLINDING in oncoming traffic.
Posted by: Bring back the regular ones at January 15, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/) Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:54 PM (kgFPv) 156
That picture of the mountain road would be sort of fun to cross-country ski to see if you lived.
My apt mates (two grad student guys I did not know) & their girlfriends & other friends took me on an adventure my first winter. Cross country skied from one canyon to another across a mountain ridge as seen in the photo (without the road). Sheer drops on each side of the narrow path I followed & did not look down. We got to someone's cabin about 4pm after hours of skiing & I remember collapsing in front of the fire after putting on dry clothes. I think I slept through dinner into the next day. I firmly believe I had guardian angels as nothing bad ever happened to me and I took risks. I had fun. I had good friends who looked out for me, including these apt mates. A friend arranged for me to have a room in this house & these two guys came with it. I did not tell my parents I was living with 2 guys in the same apt for months. They were not happy that I moved across the country, being a half-wit and all. My mother called & one guy answered the phone. She quickly asked who that was (thinking I'd joined a cult or something).I had my own bedroom and bath I assured her; they had gfs! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (WONhk) 157
I remember my mom and I driving to Montreal and I was sleeping and woke up and she was sailing at 110.
That was scary. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX) 158
Howdy Horde! Great ONT!
Posted by: Iris at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (bOJ2I) 159
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:23 PM (S4YIq)
The Autobahn is Germany. France has stupid speed limits, and so does the UK. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (n9ltV) 160
I hope sea level has risen to Al Gore's porch by now . . . .
What a dumbass! Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:50 PM (47diA) They lie to us all the time. They know they're lying. They laugh all the way to the bank behind their devotees' backs. And yet, so many people remain enthralled, taking every word as gospel. ----- Any man who supported that wimp should have been pilloried. What happened to men holding other men accountable? Can you imagine how many "men" supported Hillary and the 2024 drunkard? Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (Cjcf6) 161
157 I remember my mom and I driving to Montreal and I was sleeping and woke up and she was sailing at 110.
That was scary. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX) No kidding. Anybody who wants to get to Montreal faster is a total maniac! Posted by: Not the journey but the destination that matters at January 15, 2026 10:57 PM (TbWk/) Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:57 PM (47diA) 163
>>>Does Montana have a nighttime only speed limit? Or did they rid of that limit when the 55 mph speed limit for federal funds stopped.
>They have night limits on some roads, not all. Probably based upon frequency of animal strkes. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon >How fast do you want to hit a deer? Or slide into the barrow pit from black ice? You can haul ass at your own risk. Self preservation is a choice. Many of the roads were engineered when the speed limit was 55mph. Fair warning. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:57 PM (BSdIE) 164
41 Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story Posted by: Braenyard People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:58 PM (YoT4f) 165
Montana imposed limits after a guy was stopped doing something like 120 and got a ticket for not driving ins a safe manner. He fought the ticket went all the way to state Supreme Court and won. His argument was safe and prudent is too vague and the court agreed.
So the legislature said yeah that’s kinda fucked up and added a speed limit. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (kgFPv) 166
164 41 Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story Posted by: Braenyard People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 And just like that, we are talking about Candace Owens. Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (OoFl2) 167
People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:58 PM (YoT4f) *their Posted by: Semi-idle mind at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (TbWk/) Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:00 PM (47diA) 169
because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
— It can be exhausting, true. - Candace Owens Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:00 PM (kgFPv) 170
Right-wing “transvestigators” have now convinced themselves that Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is secretly transgender, because a conspiracy theorist’s “work” is never done.
- - - - Really - - > .them.us/story Posted by: Braenyard People have too much time on there hands. Idle minds turn retarded. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 10:58 PM (YoT4f) I'm surprised no one has volunteered to perform an extensive study of the issue. I would, but she can't get away with a brisk walk. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (S/Y4j) Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (QMAsf) 172
My Canadian relatives are all maniacs, every visit was insanity.
The visit to Montreal Fiance F. screamed "let me out of this car!" Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX) 173
I was reading about the Battle of Manila.
MacArthur returned to Luzon, and joined up with the Filipino resistance. They approached Manila, under the command of General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Yamashita figured out, accurately, he couldn't win. So he ordered a retreat; there was a possibility of a better holdout in the local hills, "Sierra Madre" (apparently every Spanish ex colony got hills with that name). Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi disobeyed those orders thinking it would be more fun to fight in the streets and rape Filipinas. So 100,000 citizens died, because Iwabuchi used them as human shields off-and-on just shooting them for giggles. Unless I'm reading this wrong (and I hope I am, because my faith in humanity is low enough as it is). I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook". Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE) 174
I’ve taken the Town Car up to a hundred miles an hour on I-10, in west Texas, when it was only me, a semi, and the wind. It was for passing only; when the wind blows in west Texas, you wan to get past the semis as quickly as possible.
Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair Waaay back whennwe were first married, Smash & I drove from ft bliss to home (louisiana) we both signed out on leave at midnight, and were eating late breakfast in Amarillo at 10am. Little ford courier 2.0 liter iron duke. I had a Holley 500 on it. Never found it's top end, too skeery. Definitley would cruise at 110moh, though. Would totes do that on the Ducati today. Wonder how long the gas would last at 140? Prolly only get 20mpg at that speed. Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (QVmho) 175
Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK) On I-55 (eye-fiddy-fi) I got my mother's V8 station wagon boat up to 112mph. I was 15yrs old and driving to volunteer at a little hospital as a candy striper. I thought this great fun with my exBF and did it for many weekends. At some point the Hwy Patrol caught me slowing down to 93mph and gave me a $20 ticket. I was goint to pay it and yet this exBF said, oh, you need to tell your parents. Oh, boy. Daddy yelled at me. Mama cried. It was a mess. The next day my great father and WWII Marine apologized for yelling at me. The week prior he and a friend (and me in the backseat) were on a hwy and he said, "Let's see how fast she can go" in this same car. Little did he know I was already speeding away whenever I could. He thought he was a bad influence on me. He was the greatest influence on me! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk) 176
There is the 85 mph stretch of toll road 130 from Lockhart to Seguin, TX. It is kind of a hoot to putter along at 85 and have people blow past.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (n4Qav) 177
All right, I am off to bed. Still worried about stateless. Also, has Miklos been around?
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2) 178
>>>The History of the Condom
The British could have stepped in sooner, but they thought it would be funnier to wait for 600 years. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (syz1S) 179
So 100,000 citizens died, because Iwabuchi used them as human shields off-and-on just shooting them for giggles. Unless I'm reading this wrong (and I hope I am, because my faith in humanity is low enough as it is).
I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook". Posted by: gKWVE This too is why they got their asses nuked twice. Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 11:03 PM (QVmho) Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K) 181
I saw Miklos a day or two ago
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX) 182
I drove 125 on i40 in Arizona once. There really ain’t much there.
On the actual autobahn 125 is chill. Not uncommon to get passed like you’re standing still at that speed. The greens are slowly killing it. If you want to experience it better go soon. May not exist in its current form for long. Even now only about 1/2 is speed limit free. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:04 PM (kgFPv) 183
Top Gear had an episode where this gal, crazy speed freak, raced a moving van down the autobahn. Great episode. She was trying to beat the best time of a sports car. And she almost did.
I found it: youtu.be/5KiC03_wVjc She's a keeper. Posted by: banana Dream That's not the Autobahn. That's Nurburgring, also known as 'The Green Hell'. It's about 16 +/- miles long, over 300 turns. The 24 Hours of Nurburgring is quite the endurance race. F1 used to race there until the cars got too fast for the track. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 15, 2026 11:05 PM (YoT4f) 184
I think those Montana $5 tickets lasted for the whole day.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA) Yep, $5. You handed the Highway Patrol a $5 bill and he wrote you a citation for wasting a natural resource. So no insurance hit. Posted by: Beartooth at January 15, 2026 11:05 PM (GGatE) 185
177 All right, I am off to bed. Still worried about stateless. Also, has Miklos been around?
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2) Miklos has abounded, thank goodness. Stateless is still missing. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 11:06 PM (n4Qav) 186
Tonight I saw the video of the fekin' caw bird yelling at the duck hunters. Throwing rocks at decoys. Shrieking and stompy feet on the public beach. The guys were laughing at her (pity they did not fire some buckshot at her).
Liberal women seem to be a special brand of retard and are going wild. The Wilding of Lesbos Another video seen recently, full of the f word, like it is a badge of courage, said she's gone into early menopause due to TDS and all the rest of you. Which is a good thing! They can't reproduce even if an illegal rapes them! No sane American male would go near them. She was wearing big glasses as a beacon! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk) 187
Biggest driving hazard currently IMHO is LED headlights at night. Those fucking things are BLINDING in oncoming traffic.
Posted by: Bring back the regular ones at January 15, 2026 10:54 PM (TbWk/) Agree. Mostly they are floodlights, not headlights. When your light source is a large cluster of little flat tiles, the optics to properly focus it into a beam get very hard, indeed. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:07 PM (8zz6B) 188
I’ve taken the Town Car up to a hundred miles an hour on I-10, in west Texas, when it was only me, a semi, and the wind. It was for passing only; when the wind blows in west Texas, you wan to get past the semis as quickly as possible. Though given that the highway is long, straight, and mostly empty I’d not be opposed to removing the speed limit there. I doubt I’d go much faster than the 80mph limit generally, but if you can, more power to you on that stretch of road. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 15, 2026 10:51 PM (EXyHK) That's the road I was thinking of. I've had a rental F-150 up to about 95 on the way to and from El Paso for work with no other cars in sight for at least 5 miles. Zoom. The fastest car in the world is a rental. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 11:07 PM (y9nCu) 189
>How fast do you want to hit a deer? Or slide into the barrow pit from black ice? You can haul ass at your own risk. Self preservation is a choice.
Many of the roads were engineered when the speed limit was 55mph. Fair warning. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone Seeing someone slide off an icy road to the inside of a banked curve is a clue they were not going fast enough and if you want to make it you might want to go faster. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ) 190
Have y'all noticed that nobody's talking about Gaza anymore?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Fs0KI) They just moved to phase 2 Special Envoy Steve Witkoff @SEPeaceMissions Jan 14 Today, on behalf of President Trump, we are announcing the launch of Phase Two of the President’s 20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction. Phase Two establishes a transitional technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), and begins the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza [ . . . ] Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR) 191
The story I was told about the French and their yellow headlights was that the Germans got the French to do it during the Occupation. The Germans wanted to know who was French vs. German by their headlights at night. And the French kept the yellow headlights even after the war!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (APZWP) 192
Evening all . Thx Doof.
Amy Winehouse had talent. Too bad she was a mess. The theme looks like drunk driving, but I'm sure that's wrong Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (Oql3v) 193
Another video seen recently, full of the f word, like it is a badge of courage, said she's gone into early menopause due to TDS and all the rest of you. Which is a good thing! They can't reproduce even if an illegal rapes them! No sane American male would go near them. She was wearing big glasses as a beacon!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk) They weren't exactly paragons of sanity before but now they've totally lost the plot. I blame social media and synthetic hormone based contraception. Posted by: Abortions and drugs contribute I'm sure at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (TbWk/) 194
I had a friend who was insane when it came to driving fast. He fancied himself as some kind of stunt driver. I gotta admit though, he was a damn good driver. His thing was collecting old early to mid 60's chrysler imperials and fitting TA radials on them, and then driving on the jersey turnpike at well over 100 mph. I was in the car with him on the jersey parkway one time late at night in the early 80's and decides to go through a toll booth at 70 mph and had the frigging balls to throw the quarter. I stopped getting into a car with him after a few more of his stunts. He was insane. Never crashed though, but like I said, that lunatic could drive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 11:09 PM (snZF9) 195
When the local roads get icy, and they do in OK most winters, I sit on my keester at home! Not due to my own inability to get through the ice, but due to the inability of the local idiots to get down the block!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:09 PM (47diA) 196
185 177 All right, I am off to bed. Still worried about stateless. Also, has Miklos been around?
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2) Miklos has abounded, thank goodness. Stateless is still missing. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January Thank you. We may need to deploy some of the internet sleuths. If he wants to stay hidden, I would respect that. I just want to know he is okay. We’ve been through some stuff on this blog! Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 11:10 PM (OoFl2) 197
I-91 in Vermont is a pleasure to drive. Long gentle curves, excellent condition, and I think there are about 20 state troopers in the entire state.
120mph is no problem. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 11:11 PM (n9ltV) 198
190 Have y'all noticed that nobody's talking about Gaza anymore?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Fs0KI) I'm hard pressed to find a reason. Posted by: Rachel Corrie at January 15, 2026 11:12 PM (n4Qav) 199
So 100,000 citizens died, because Iwabuchi used them as human shields off-and-on just shooting them for giggles. Unless I'm reading this wrong (and I hope I am, because my faith in humanity is low enough as it is).
I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook". Posted by: gKWVE ... And then the Japanese occupiers were systematically defeated in detail with virtually no survivors. Something like a 40:1 kill ratio. A handful hid in the jungle for decades. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (/lPRQ) 200
Are you sure they don't lurk here?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 10:40 PM (ULPxl) Ha! Fairly sure they don't! I'd probably have one of my syncopal episodes if they said they did! My husband also knows nothing about my secret Moron life. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (WONhk) 201
Sean went to the class with a plan
To ask Zoe if he’d be her man “Mein Kampf would you be?” He pled on his knees They conjoined to start their own clan Posted by: The Reich Stuff at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (fKeBm) 202
>>>The fastest car in the world is a rental.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur >Damn straight, if you pay the extra insurance fee to walk away. I did this every time I was in NYC, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. It's worth it. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE) 203
Most American drivers have no idea about tire speed ratings. More speed = lots more money!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:14 PM (47diA) 204
Highway 90 between Sierra Vista and Tombstone. 105 mph.
This was 1975. So I was told... Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB) SR90 (after it crosses the San Pedro) to the SR80 intersection is nearly 10 miles of straightaway. I may have, on occasion, exceeded the speed limit by just a tad. A very large tad. Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 15, 2026 11:15 PM (8TVg8) 205
Here's another what's-the-common-element song trio:
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat https://youtu.be/Ak_MTXQALa0 Don McLean - American Pie https://youtu.be/y5ecvBaqHBk Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale https://youtu.be/Mb3iPP-tHdA (As I said yesternight, this is why they'll never let me do an ONT.) Posted by: mindful webworker - what does it all mean? at January 15, 2026 11:15 PM (FMpsC) Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 11:15 PM (LNeRu) 207
I suppose not too many folks liked Amy W...I really did dig her...oh well...
Doogie Howser liked Amy Winehouse, apparently, for a certain definition of "liked" Posted by: Average Guy at January 15, 2026 11:17 PM (A8Vlf) 208
Yeah baby! Very nice suggestion🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie ----- Did you try it? Isn't it tasty?! Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm) 209
By the time of the federally mandated 55 mph speed limit (Richard Nixon signed it into law) only Montana balked, and officially complied though speeding tickets were only a $5 fine, payable on the spot, for “wasting energy”.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:28 PM (S4YIq) *********** During this time, I was once driving I-94 somewhere east or west of Miles City. I was doing 85 mph and no one was in front of me and there was a little dot about five miles back of me. I didn't think anything of it and continued to drive for a few more minutes. I then looked in my rear view mirror to see a Montana Highway Patrol vehicle about 100 yards behind me. I knew it was too late to slow down, so I kept going at the same speed. Then I noticed that the HP was going considerably faster than I was, and when he passed me, I looked at him. He had left elbow perched on the window-door interface with his hand holding up his head as he rested his head in the palm of his hand. He was bored and not interested in pulling anyone over. I chuckled and thought how great it was to be a Montanan. Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 15, 2026 11:18 PM (gV1De) 210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJs1N6eaPA
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 15, 2026 11:20 PM (jrgJz) 211
The story I was told about the French and their yellow headlights was that the Germans got the French to do it during the Occupation. The Germans wanted to know who was French vs. German by their headlights at night. And the French kept the yellow headlights even after the war!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 11:08 PM (APZWP) Actually, there is some science behind it. The color is called "subtractive yellow" and results from filtering the blue light out of a white light source, like an incandescent bulb. Blue scatters more, which is why the sky is blue - has to do with the shorter wavelength of blue light. Subtractive yellow lamps work better in rain, fog, and snow, and are not as glarey to the eyes of oncoming drivers. Ever notice that blue and purple Christmas lights always look fuzzy, while green, yellow, and red are sharp? That's because your eyes struggle to focus short wavelength light, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B) 212
I dunno. Some of the people involved in the war, you know, war sucks, you have to give orders that result in horrible things. But then you read about a monster like Iwabuchi and you wonder how the fuck anyone promoted him to a position beyond "prison cook".
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE) *** When the officer corps becomes a place for the elites and privileged, and rank is not based on professionalism and training, then war crimes are inevitable. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB) 213
https://youtu.be/RvV3nn_de2k
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm) 214
135 I think I'll try a pepsi🙂....
Posted by: COMountainMarie "Sometimes I try to do things and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted to. I get real frustrated and I try hard to do it and I take my time and it doesn't work out the way I wanted to. It's like I concentrate real hard and it doesn't work out. Everything I do and everything I try never turns out. It's like I need time to figure these things out." Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 15, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1) 215
I have used yellow fog lights, AOP. Don't know whether they worked well or not. But the looked cool under the front bumper!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:23 PM (47diA) 216
That's because your eyes struggle to focus short wavelength light, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B) Oh! I figured it was the eggnog. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 11:24 PM (2WIwB) 217
Now see! Doof and TRex! It ain't even Saturday. But our loves are here💕!
I do miss that Miklos though...there is a guy that can fun to any ONT! Come back Miklos!😛😜👁! Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 15, 2026 11:26 PM (LNeRu) 218
That's all for me. Thanks, rons and ettes! You are some clever and funny folks!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:26 PM (47diA) 219
I field-stripped my little Eibar Ruby pistol, and took the grips off it. Cleaned it with acetone and 4-ought steel wool, and blued it with 4 coats of cold blue solution. Turned out real well. Doesn't look brand new, but it looks respectable for a century old gun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:27 PM (8zz6B) 220
I was in the car with him on the jersey parkway one time late at night in the early 80's and decides to go through a toll booth at 70 mph and had the frigging balls to throw the quarter. I stopped getting into a car with him after a few more of his stunts. He was insane. Never crashed though, but like I said, that lunatic could drive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 11:09 PM (snZF9) That brings back a memory or three. Fastest I went through a GSP toll booth was a touch over 30. Made the bucket (bell rang then stopped when the quarter dropped. Ever approach a toll and the green light was lit? Yeah, that was probably me. Yer welcome. Ever scoop up the missed quarters/tokens around the base of the bucket? That was...strangely satisfying... Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:28 PM (nbLIj) 221
The Rape of Manila is one of the most underreported tragedies of the war; 100,000 civilian casualties are the low side, it could easily have been twice that. Of course, the casualties were all the fault of the Japanese decision to dig into the city core and hold a massive number of hostages. But it’s necessary to remember that at least some portion of the civilian casualties came about when the America's army decided to eliminate the Japanese positions with a massive artillery barrage of the city that lasted for days.
Necessary because battles like that should be remembered whenever it’s claimed that Israel isn’t doing enough to protect civilians. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 11:29 PM (xVja5) 222
Prince Humperdink: "Man and wife, say man and wife!!"
Wesley: "If you didn't say it, you didn't do it." Posted by: Frankie at January 15, 2026 11:29 PM (efx3C) 223
Reading about speeding to Montreal (you go, Mama!)...we were there in the early 2000's. Took a train to Quebec City, which I loved...the train and the city.
Anyway, the cab ride from Montreal to the train station woke us all up one morning like Red Bull IV. The cabbie (probably a moose limb) drove like a lunatic. Super fast and we were not in a hurry. Maybe normal? Zipped over speed bumps, etc, weaving in and out of lanes. Son said he almost hit a pedestrian. I was in the backseat giggling and my DIL and husband were freaked out and mute next to me. I think I am conditioned to wildness from the farm cars we were in speeding through woods and my love of going fast. They thought something was wrong with me. When my men were getting the suitcases out of the trunk I thought our son said his life had changed. Instead he said he needed a change. Which set me off again. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:29 PM (WONhk) 224
I have used yellow fog lights, AOP. Don't know whether they worked well or not. But the looked cool under the front bumper!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 15, 2026 11:23 PM (47diA) Even white fog lights work pretty well, when mounted low, and aimed to illuminate the road directly ahead, and the fog line on your right. When the fog or snow is real bad, turn the headlights off, and drive on the foglights alone. Your eyes will be much less dazzled by your own lights being scattered back at you. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B) 225
the Rubys are cute little pistols, and they were made in pretty much every gunshop in Northern Spain. I have a friend who is enamored of them and will pick them up when he can.
There was also 38 special knock offs for the Smith & Wesson revolvers that were also called Ruby Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR) 226
165 Montana imposed limits after a guy was stopped doing something like 120 and got a ticket for not driving ins a safe manner. He fought the ticket went all the way to state Supreme Court and won. His argument was safe and prudent is too vague and the court agreed.
So the legislature said yeah that’s kinda fucked up and added a speed limit. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:59 PM (kgFPv) ********* An interesting fact that I saw in a study was that the average speed went from 84 mph during the unlimited speed time to 82 mph after the 80 mph speed limit was enacted. So the state legislature did a pretty good job in selecting the correct speed. Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (gV1De) Posted by: mindful webworker - Mama always said, nothing good happens after at January 15, 2026 11:32 PM (FMpsC) 228
I do miss that Miklos though...there is a guy that can fun to any ONT! Come back Miklos!😛😜👁!
Posted by: COMountainMarie He made a late night visit last night. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 11:33 PM (vzcgi) 229
67 > A remote stretch of desert interstate could become ‘America’s autobahn’
------ I-5, east of San Jose and all the way to Bakersfield. Flat, good visibility, radar detector. Yea... 130MPH is doable for long periods of time. Until you need gas. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 10:24 PM (U2OZr) Hubs used to do this stretch often between LA and SF to visit a girlfriend (before we met.) The fastest he did was 110 mph in his '93 Ford Escort GT. Manual 5 speed. Such a fun car. Relearned driving stick in that car, in Boston, of all places. We once drove from Boston to my parents' house in northern Vermont in 2.5 hours. Consistent speed between 95-100 mph the entire way. So sweet. Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (1auMZ) 230
The fastest I ever went was with a buddy on a Kawasaki Z1000 - I was riding with him. We hit about 115-120 mph and then we got the high speed wobbles. Somehow, God took pity on us and the driver recovered, pulled over and we both threw up.
I think we did 45 mph tops on the way home after that. Never again. Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (cYBz/) 231
decides to go through a toll booth at 70 mph and had the frigging balls to throw the quarter
Funny as hell. Horrible. But funny. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (zZ4br) 232
the Rubys are cute little pistols, and they were made in pretty much every gunshop in Northern Spain. I have a friend who is enamored of them and will pick them up when he can.
There was also 38 special knock offs for the Smith & Wesson revolvers that were also called Ruby Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR) They are basically knockoffs of the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless, a Browning design. .32 ACP Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B) 233
The mountain road reminds me of this video...that I love so much it is bookmarked. I watched it 10x on the day I found it.
Good night Morons and 'ettes. You rock! https://tinyurl.com/ye2yak4k Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:36 PM (WONhk) 234
The fastest I ever went was with a buddy on a Kawasaki Z1000 - I was riding with him. We hit about 115-120 mph and then we got the high speed wobbles. Somehow, God took pity on us and the driver recovered, pulled over and we both threw up.
I think we did 45 mph tops on the way home after that. Never again. Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (cYBz/) couple of friends of mine bought those Kawasaki 750 triples when they came out. Both had high-speed wrecks, which they managed to survive. Chassis design was the not the strong point on those bikes. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B) 235
>>> but it looks respectable for a century old gun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon --- Good pocket pistol. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:40 PM (4BNa1) 236
The Hermanos Orbea also made a knock off of the S&W Russian top break pistol, in 32, 38 and .44 Russian. They were called "Ona" revolvers since that meant Good in Basque. The .44 model was called the Model Number 7 and was adopted as the standard army revolver.
During WWI when the French were ordering all those 8mm revolvers and Ruby pistols in .32, the British asked for the Ona to be made in .455 Webley. The Brits then rejected most of them, and they were rebored to 10.35 Italian revolver, marked Tettoni by the importer and sold to the Italian army. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:41 PM (rbvCR) 237
Ever scoop up the missed quarters/tokens around the base of the bucket? That was...strangely satisfying...
Posted by: Joe Kidd Most people just chucked a handful into the funnel and it with the green light. There was one in Tampa that I had to pause because I didn't throw in enough to get the green light.... And what I chucked just into the change return. Got about ten bucks in quarters, dimes, and nickels out of it. It only "worked" for a few days before it got fixed. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 11:42 PM (/lPRQ) 238
Love a good condom gag. Especially one at the expense of muslims.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 11:43 PM (JkO4W) 239
Fiancé Surprises His Bride with Wedding Shower in the Preschool Where They First Met as Toddlers
Was it the Quality Learing Center? Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 11:45 PM (3ha+O) 240
The fastest I drove, outside of the Autobahn, was in the Swan Valley highway in Western Montana. My friend took off in his '68 Couger like a bat out hell. I soon followed in my '69 Galaxy.
He topped out at around 100 mph, I passed him going over 120. Probably higher because the speedometer was still climbing when I let off the gas. My friend later told me that all he saw was a blue streak passing him. Posted by: Beartooth at January 15, 2026 11:46 PM (GGatE) 241
They are basically knockoffs of the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless, a Browning design. .32 ACP
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B) The Spanish had a copyright law that required all patents to be registered in Spain to be protected, and if they weren't a Spanish company could make them. The Spanish manufacturers could also register a patent on those designs, also, as long as they paid the licensing fee. Orbeas Hermanos eventually gave up "their" patent on the .44 Russian design, so other manufacturers could make them too. There were a couple of interesting Spanish patents made, but most of the small arms were some sort of borrowing. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 11:46 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (zZ4br) 243
Hubs used to do this stretch often between LA and SF to visit a girlfriend (before we met.) The fastest he did was 110 mph in his '93 Ford Escort GT. Manual 5 speed.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 15, 2026 11:35 PM (1auMZ) According to the NJ State Trooper, I was doing 95 on the parkway in my Chrysler Laser. According to the speedometer, I was doing 85. That was the highest number on the gauge. Always thought it was funny to put a speedo that topped out at 85 mph into a car with a 2.2 liter turbocharged mill. The state trooper didn't think it was funny...not even a little... Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj) 244
Kawasaki 750 triple, was on the back of one at 110.
Ever so glad that ride was finished. Driver ended up owning a Ford dealership. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:50 PM (4BNa1) 245
I was driven on the Autobahn in Germany. The driver was doing something like 130-140MPH. Took a few minutes getting used to. Happy there were no pin curves.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 11:50 PM (Ti0Hb) 246
That brings back a memory or three. Fastest I went through a GSP toll booth was a touch over 30. Made the bucket (bell rang then stopped when the quarter dropped. Ever approach a toll and the green light was lit? Yeah, that was probably me. Yer welcome.
Ever scoop up the missed quarters/tokens around the base of the bucket? That was...strangely satisfying... Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:28 PM (nbLIj) I never did that. I heard more than a few times of people that didn't have any change and just reached for the coins laying on the ledge under the bucket and tossed them in. There was always some laying around. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 11:54 PM (snZF9) 247
12 Nice to see AZ making news for wanting to try something different. Too bad they used a CA road sign at the top of the article.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 15, 2026 10:11 PM (lUFok) Not only is it a CA road sign - it's from the westbound side of I-8 about 40 miles from Arizona! Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH) 248
@EYakoby . Jan 13
Pro-Scottish independence accounts on X went dark after Iran’s internet shutdown — exposing links between Tehran and influencers meddling in UK politics. More proof the regime is running a massive astroturf campaign to divide the West Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:57 PM (4BNa1) 249
One of the things that make the Autobahn work in Germany is that you are responsible for the traffic in back of you. If you are being overtaken and the over taker flashes his lights you have to get out of his way by pulling over into a slower lane. If you don't have that provision, the crash rate will be catastrophic.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 16, 2026 12:00 AM (Da7Vv) 250
>>> The fastest I drove, outside of the Autobahn, was in the Swan Valley highway in Western Montana. My friend took off in his '68 Couger like a bat out hell. I soon followed in my '69 Galaxy.
He topped out at around 100 mph, I passed him going over 120. Probably higher because the speedometer was still climbing when I let off the gas. My friend later told me that all he saw was a blue streak passing him. Posted by: Beartooth >I took my 17 year old girlfriend out for a high speed cruise one night, in my modified camaro z-81 doing 140mph, not realizing until later that my tires were probably not rated for that speed. Never again. Young, dumb and full of ... Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 12:01 AM (BSdIE) 251
z-28? I'm old.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 12:03 AM (BSdIE) 252
Amid all the Minneapolis and Iran crap, Trump's announcement of his "Great Healthcare Plan" seems to have been overlooked, both here and elsewhere.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/greathealthcare/ Sounds good, if he can pull it off. Good luck with that, Mr. President... Posted by: Frank Zappa at January 16, 2026 12:05 AM (IG3/x) 253
(sock off)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 16, 2026 12:05 AM (IG3/x) 254
Chassis design was the not the strong point on those bikes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ------- Not handlers. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 12:06 AM (XeU6L) 255
@RichardGrenell
IAC (owned by Barry Diller) owns People, Southern Living and The Daily Beast (and more). The leadership is all woke. The Daily Beast CEO is former Disney/ABC Left wing radical @bensherwood. Under Sherwood’s leadership, The Daily Beast has grown more radical and mean. He attacks Republicans non-stop. He single-handedly has contributed to a public discourse filled with hate and ultimately violence. The IAC sites are trashy click-bait outlets. People is still really woke. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:06 AM (4BNa1) 256
Kawasaki 750 triple, was on the back of one at 110.
Ever so glad that ride was finished. Driver ended up owning a Ford dealership. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:50 PM (4BNa1) Jesus, that bike was called the widow maker for a reason. You're lucky you lived. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:07 AM (snZF9) 257
There is the 85 mph stretch of toll road 130 from Lockhart to Seguin, TX. It is kind of a hoot to putter along at 85 and have people blow past.
I take that road occasionally between Round Rock and the airport, or Round Rock and somewhere north of San Antonio. It would be nice if more people were doing 85 or higher. Of course, right now I think its full of construction especially on the northern end of that stretch. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 12:09 AM (EXyHK) 258
My truck is a z-71, there's my lazy confusion.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 12:12 AM (BSdIE) 259
High speed wobbles are always adrenaline-producers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2026 12:13 AM (XeU6L) 260
CNN is lucky that I'm not King for if it were so they would be in a Dungeon humiliating themselves.
https://tinyurl.com/2s37c7s4 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:14 AM (4BNa1) 261
One of the guys I played high school football with dreamed of being a NASCAR driver. He regularly drove his car at 120 on the highways of VA. He actually got in the NASCAR training school. After all the class room and track training he got to drive 180 on the Charlotte tri-oval. Before they released the students they warned them that if they started developing tunnel vision at that speed to shut it down, they were never going to be NASCAR drivers. Very few brains can process peripheral vision information at that speed. That was the end of his NASCAR dream.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 16, 2026 12:14 AM (Da7Vv) 262
I never could figure out going stupid fast on a motorcycle. Sooo much bad shit can happen. One of my bikes has a pretty tweaked engine. Bigger valves, stroked, compression, cam, etc. It will do 60mph on a highway barely touching the gas, but thats the point. A bike with an effortless engine that isn't even working, not to go escape velocity on. At some point you're going too fast to survive anything..like anything.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9) 263
When the fog or snow is real bad, turn the headlights off, and drive on the foglights alone. Your eyes will be much less dazzled by your own lights being scattered back at you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon But you don't feel like you're about to jump to hyperspace..... Posted by: mikeski solo at January 16, 2026 12:18 AM (VHUov) 264
Who the hell did the cc lyrics to that Autobahn clip?
It isn't "fun, fun, fun of the autobahn." It's "wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn." Kraftwerk is a German group, fer cryin' out loud. Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at January 16, 2026 12:18 AM (bufu1) 265
He was a motorhead, I anticipated it would be a ride but never that. He kept that bike a year.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:18 AM (4BNa1) 266
Adm. Iwabuchi had the battleship Kirishima shot out from under him by the USS Washington at one of the naval battles around Guadalcanal. Obviously in retrospect a tragedy that one of Washington's salvos didn't vaporize him. Washington demo'd the ongoing increasing mastery of gunnery in the USN under the leadership of Admiral Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee. He was aboard Washington during the battle.
Plagued by poor eyesight, Lee cheated on a vision test to graduate from Annapolis, and yet also was an Olympic marksmanship champion. A true American character. Posted by: rhomboid at January 16, 2026 12:22 AM (U/Byj) 267
"the Court decided that their marriage had never legally existed because the wording of their wedding speeches, which had been generated by ChatGPT, did not include certain mandatory phrases."
Buried Lede: in the Netherlands, your wedding vows are controlled by the State. Posted by: MartynWW at January 16, 2026 12:27 AM (M9zxq) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:27 AM (4BNa1) 269
Best freeway ride I ever did was an early-day run leaving Hermosa Beach CA bound for Utah via Vegas, splitting lanes across LA, on a Honda ST1100, doin 75 to 80 the whole way. That bike was rock-solid at 90.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 16, 2026 12:28 AM (KiBMU) 270
First US flagged merchant ship transits Red Sea in 2 years. Container ship MV Maersk Denver.
If the regime in Tehran falls, likely the Houthis will be in deep hummus. And there will, again, be nothing noteworthy about US/western-flagged ships transiting the Red Sea and Suez. Posted by: rhomboid at January 16, 2026 12:31 AM (U/Byj) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:33 AM (4BNa1) 272
Does it matter if you can't speak Italian? https://tinyurl.com/96n5sf8z
Im debating trying to read her autobiography in Italian. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 12:37 AM (EXyHK) 273
Always thought it was funny to put a speedo that topped out at 85 mph into a car with a 2.2 liter turbocharged mill. The state trooper didn't think it was funny...not even a little...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj) I had a 89 Mustang with a 5.0 and the speedometer only went to 85. I pegged (snigger) the meter more than once with it. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 12:42 AM (bhZyo) 274
273 Always thought it was funny to put a speedo that topped out at 85 mph into a car with a 2.2 liter turbocharged mill. The state trooper didn't think it was funny...not even a little...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 11:47 PM (nbLIj) I had a 89 Mustang with a 5.0 and the speedometer only went to 85. I pegged (snigger) the meter more than once with it. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 12:42 AM (bhZyo) 85 mph speedometers were another (stupid) idea promulgated by our betters in WDC. The idea was if the speedo didn't go past 85 then people wouldn't try to drive faster than 85. Notice too on those the 55 is highlighted in red (usually) to emphasize the 'correct' allowed highway speed. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH) 275
Does it matter if you can't speak Italian?
https://tinyurl.com/96n5sf8z Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:33 AM (4BNa1) No not really, lol. I should, but I can't. None of my generation learned. The first and 2nd generation Americans knew it, but always spoke english, so the 3rd generation learned oogatz. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9) 276
None of my generation learned. The first and 2nd generation Americans knew it, but always spoke english, so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.
Posted by: Berserker -------- Same in my family, except: french. Dad's grandpa was from Montreal. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm) 277
275 .......so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9) 'oogatz'. Now that's a term I haven't heard in quite a while...... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (QGaXH) 278
Historically, first generation immigrants didn't speak English, the next generation was bi-lingual, the third generation couldn't speak the native tongue but had a basic understanding. Next gen. all English.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:56 AM (4BNa1) 279
275 .......so the 3rd generation learned oogatz.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:50 AM (snZF9) 'oogatz'. Now that's a term I haven't heard in quite a while...... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (QGaXH) yeah I only know some slang, lol. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9) 280
Historically, first generation immigrants didn't speak English, the next generation was bi-lingual, the third generation couldn't speak the native tongue but had a basic understanding. Next gen. all English.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 12:56 AM (4BNa1) My family was a little screwed up. My grandmother was born here, but went back to italy when she was 1 years old, and came back at 26 with my father's older brother and sister who were born there, but he and his younger sister were born here. They are all fluent in italian, but have zero accent, because my aunt was 2, and my uncle was 5. They were either practically born speaking english, or were so young when they learned it you would never expect them to know anything other than english. The cousins didn't learn shit. Its weird because my grandmother and father being born here technically makes me 3rd generation, but my uncle and aunt who were born there have kids that are probably 1st generation, even though they got an american born grandmother, while I have the same grandmother and I'm 3rd generation. The end result is me and the cousins learned squat. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 01:07 AM (snZF9) 281
39 There was some road out west, I forget where, that essentially had no speed limit I thought.
- - - - - Bonneville Salt Flats. Go as fast as you want! ;-) Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 16, 2026 01:12 AM (T1dJ+) 282
I used to think, in the old times people would move from one place to the other and that was it. Traveling was rough. Put down stakes and stay.
But that's not mankind. Humans are travelers regardless the difficulty. Like ants. All the time. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 01:27 AM (4BNa1) 283
Somebody's mom's boyfriend went home late?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:27 AM (QGaXH) 284
Same in my family, except: french. Dad's grandpa was from Montreal.
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm) I had 1 year of french in school, and 2 years of spanish, and I have grandparents, a father, and aunt and uncles who speak italian. I'm still monolingual. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 01:27 AM (snZF9) 285
Dad's father was bilingual, but refused to teach French to his children. He had his "reasons" but... what a waste.
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm) 286
My dad's mother was Czech and he was raised around Czech speakers.
One day when I was around 14, my older sister asked him how do you say 'shut up' in Czech? 'Digihooble' (sp) he replied. She then proceeded to use it liberally and frequently in my direction. For the next 20 years I assumed it was a nonsense word he made up to placate her. Until one night I was driving home listening to 'All things Considered' (I know...) and the speaker was relating a story of being a small boy and his his Czech or Polish grandmother trying to hush him in a store so he wouldn't point out the merchant had made a cash error in her favor. 'Hush, she said, quiet, DIGIHOOBLE.... OMG! I was on the freeway and almost went off the road! The old man actually knew what he was talking about???? WTAF...... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:35 AM (QGaXH) 287
I can hardly wait for president Trump to revert MN to territorial status-- expel their senators & reps and cancel their electoral votes! WooHoo!
And then declare war against their territory! Rainman will be so sad. /s kinda Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm) 288
111 Can a T Rex do the "pull my finger" thing? Posted by: Doof - - - - - - More of a "pull-my-tail" thing (but be prepared for more than flatulance in your face... ;-) Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 16, 2026 01:37 AM (qJDmL) 289
288 I can hardly wait for president Trump to revert MN to territorial status-- expel their senators & reps and cancel their electoral votes! WooHoo!
And then declare war against their territory! Rainman will be so sad. /s kinda Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm) Maybe he'll do California next..... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:38 AM (QGaXH) 290
I used to do 85 on I-5 between SF and LA. In an '83 Nissan Sentra. Yeah! Reckless days of youth. Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 01:39 AM (KAi1n) 291
Maybe he'll do California next.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) ------- And NY, IL, WA, OR... sh1t, we'll be back to 13 states in no time. Hahahahahahaha! Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm) 292
Had a '75(?) Mustang II -- 'glorified Pinto' -- what had a transplanted 351 in it.
Got it up to 95 on a back road in N. Idaho... WOOO! Had plenty of pedal left and was amazed that it wasn't shaking apart at that speed, but was running out of road-- plus scared sh1tless-- so backed it off and was thankful to not get any tickets. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm) 293
The 91 Freeway (Ca-91) runs from the South Bay east to Riverside. On a hot day, with light traffic, it's possible to do 91 on the 91 in 91 degrees. If you have an old enough car you can go 91 on the 91 in a '91 in 91 degree weather.
Then there's the 710.....LOL! Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:46 AM (QGaXH) 294
293 Had a '75(?) Mustang II -- 'glorified Pinto' -- what had a transplanted 351 in it.
Got it up to 95 on a back road in N. Idaho... WOOO! Had plenty of pedal left and was amazed that it wasn't shaking apart at that speed, but was running out of road-- plus scared sh1tless-- so backed it off and was thankful to not get any tickets. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm) How funny! I had a '74 (I think) Mustang II. Nice looking little car but worst, most unreliable pos I ever owned. Sadly, I didn't learn and continued to buy American made cars which fell apart before they had 50K miles on them... I did get good service out of a 2007 Chrysler 300 but mostly we've bought SUVs and trucks since the '80's. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 01:52 AM (QGaXH) 295
Hey Horde, just dropping in to wish you all sweet dreams, I need to be up and in the shower by 6:30, I should have gone to bed hours ago.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 16, 2026 01:52 AM (0nHVk) 296
European soldiers moved to Greenland to protect it from Americans are flown in US built airplane.
-- Soon on the first plane's heels, another Danish Hercules aircraft touched down at Kangerlussuaq in western Greenland. Both planes reportedly flew with their transponders switched off - a detail unlikely to go unnoticed in an already tense Arctic standoff. _ZH Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 01:54 AM (4BNa1) 297
ARiK, you shoulda seen my POS pony-pinto! Primer red, more bondo than sheetmetal, wire-nuts all over the engine compartment, had to prop the hatchback open with a broomstick...alternator & battery were shot. Couldn't afford replacements, so kept it on a (borrowed) charger at night. Ugh! Yeah, I was young, broke and freshly divorced with a minimum wage job...
But the engine & trans were *sound* enough, tires not bald, and it was all I could afford to buy. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm) 299
Push for 300 so I can sleep
Posted by: OCD & ADHD at January 16, 2026 02:02 AM (LE8MF) 300
Had a '75(?) Mustang II -- 'glorified Pinto' -- what had a transplanted 351 in it.
Got it up to 95 on a back road in N. Idaho... WOOO! Had plenty of pedal left and was amazed that it wasn't shaking apart at that speed, but was running out of road-- plus scared sh1tless-- so backed it off and was thankful to not get any tickets. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm) Probably would have twisted the body if it had a manual trans. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 02:03 AM (snZF9) 301
298 ARiK, you shoulda seen my POS pony-pinto! Primer red, more bondo than sheetmetal, wire-nuts all over the engine compartment, had to prop the hatchback open with a broomstick...alternator & battery were shot. Couldn't afford replacements, so kept it on a (borrowed) charger at night. Ugh! Yeah, I was young, broke and freshly divorced with a minimum wage job...
But the engine & trans were *sound* enough, tires not bald, and it was all I could afford to buy. it was a piece of trash. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm) My Mustang II was maybe 4 years old, with 25,000 miles on the odometer. For a car that was allegedly that new (odometers didn't indicate past 99999 back then - they rolled over to 00000). For a car supposedly that young it was a piece of trash. The next biggest piece of crap was an '88 Ford Tempo, bought with less than 10,000 miles on it. I will never buy a Ford car again. Truck maybe, car never! Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (QGaXH) 302
Jonathan Martin@jmart . 12h
“Right now, Democrats have no credible path to sustained control of the Senate and the White House. After the adjustments to the Electoral College map that look likely to come with the next census, the Democratic presidential nominee could win all states won by Kamala Harris, plus the Blue Wall of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and still fall short of 270 electoral votes. An already unforgiving map gets more so, equally so in the Senate” Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (4BNa1) 303
An already unforgiving map gets more so, equally so in the Senate”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (4BNa1) You are forgetting who owns the system that counts votes. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 16, 2026 02:08 AM (mP0Kj) 304
297: Zero Hedge is out there sometimes. If true, Europe is dumb. We're not invading Greenland, you inbred retards. Trump will just buy it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 02:08 AM (YoT4f) 305
Probably would have twisted the body if it had a manual trans. lol
Posted by: Berserker ------- LOL! The stuff I did with that car.... surprised I didn't twist it up even with the auto-trans. I did lots of experiments because "who cares!" at that stage of my life. "Shift interlock" needed adjustment, but I didn't know THEN-- just 'whack that shifter forward if it don't start' and turn the key again-- oh gawd, it hurts LOL Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm) 306
303 An already unforgiving map gets more so, equally so in the Senate”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:07 AM (4BNa1) Now imagine what happens with CA and MN reverted to territory status.....laughing evilly... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 02:10 AM (QGaXH) 307
Trump will just buy it.
Posted by: Puddleglum --- It may work to our advantage. Lazy, drunken Germans and snotty French or easy going Americans with money to backup their words. We might get a discount. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:12 AM (4BNa1) 308
Good Night All.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 02:12 AM (QGaXH) 309
'Night, ARiK
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm) 310
Remington Pole Saw has a little bulb cap one pumps in order to oil the chain. The threaded nipple for the cap is soft and, again, the cap came off somewhere in the shrubbery.
I took the fix ring that holds the water bottle cap secure (perfect size) along with a patch of plastic from paper towel wrapper and snugged it down over the oil inlet then poked a small hole in the plastic. I have syringes for watering my batteries; took one of those and occasionally put the nozzle in the cut and pushed the stem until oil came out on the chain. Not buying another cap. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:22 AM (4BNa1) 311
LOL! The stuff I did with that car.... surprised I didn't twist it up even with the auto-trans. I did lots of experiments because "who cares!" at that stage of my life. "Shift interlock" needed adjustment, but I didn't know THEN-- just 'whack that shifter forward if it don't start' and turn the key again-- oh gawd, it hurts LOL Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm) Those mustang II front ends are used in a shitload of of Model A hotrods. Its new stuff, but all patterned after the mustang II. It seems like they fit them to a few different applications. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 02:24 AM (snZF9) 312
I sold the pony-pinto for fifty bucks when I found a much nicer Monte Carlo...
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm) 313
...occasionally put the nozzle in the cut and pushed the stem until oil came out on the chain.
Not buying another cap. Posted by: Braenyard ---------- Excellent redneck engineering, Braenyard! Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm) 314
I sold the pony-pinto for fifty bucks when I found a much nicer Monte Carlo...
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm) I took the test for my driver's license in a 1970 monte. It was my cousins. It was mint. They were nice cars. My friend had a 73 or 74 monte. That was a frigging cruiser. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 02:47 AM (snZF9) 315
My current truck has a slow battery drain. No garage & it's too cold/wet to be fiddling around out there.
So, I start it up once a week and either drive somewhere or let it run for a while, to charge the (new in August '25) battery. The old Ford-- a '70 F100-- sits out back, languishing. Battery probably dead by now, haven't started it for over a year... I got too many other things to do. Need to sell it, I guess. Never gonna have the time to restore it. *sigh* Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm) 316
"Monty" was a '73. PS, PB, AT, AC... Smooooooth ride!
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm) 317
That Ford needs a nice little goose neck travel trailer.
You may wind up sleeping in it on cold nights. Certain times of the year is sell of time on Craigslist. Just a thought. It's been good, yall have a nice evening. Who knows that bartender may show up yet. 'night. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 02:56 AM (4BNa1) 318
Bartender? Where? What bartender? LOLOLOLOL
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm) 320
"Monty" was a '73. PS, PB, AT, AC... Smooooooth ride!
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm) Yeah they were nice. My friends was I think some kind of champagne color. Champagne gold I think. A very light gold almost silver. Nice car Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 03:04 AM (snZF9) 321
Monte's had plenty of colors. Mine was a buttery-yellow. Very oxidized, LOL, but polished up nice.
The chebby 350 made it a pleasure to drive on the freeway! Surprisingly good mileage, too. Cars like that, cost a fortune now-- "luxury" vehicles. Used to be commonplace, mid-size. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm) 322
Cars like that, cost a fortune now-- "luxury" vehicles. Used to be commonplace, mid-size.
Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm) yeah I saw one with 50,000 miles for 38K. Yeah, nice, but not that nice. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 03:18 AM (snZF9) 323
38k? For an old Monte? Yeah, no... that's unreal, even IF it was 50k miles and not 150k miles.
Still-- I miss what we (as a country) used to have, but no longer have, thanks to the greentards and the D party. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm) 324
The last couple of weeks, I've just been... melancholy. Running memories through my mind, living in the past, trying to come to terms with what's to come.
Foggy, cold & grey days seem suitable for it. I need to find peace, somehow. Accept 'what will be' and just deal. Ugh. Good night, Horde. Thanks for being a part of my life. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 03:38 AM (rdVOm) 325
Winds are howling
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0) 326
Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at January 16, 2026 04:03 AM (SSiCQ) 327
bocephus.
Posted by: cmeat at January 16, 2026 04:11 AM (R11M+) Start Your Kittens Cafe![]() Kyoto Riki_Shniagawa
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Wut?
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (WDjG6) 2
Big if true:
@epochhealth Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus. In early tests, vision was reshaped in minutes. And doctors were stunned: it showed signs of repairing eye damage once thought irreversible. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (mlg/3) 3
Nyah
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD) 4
Dogs and cats, posted together...
Mass hysteria! Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (XuXeR) 5
I did not know that Kyoto got that cold.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:35 PM (xVja5) 6
"Get your kittens purring, head on out"
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:35 PM (2GVsD) 7
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0) 8
No penguins! No penguins! We're mephitic-free at last!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (u82oZ) 10
Ace, Thank you so much for the Cafe. Let's have some fun people. Take a break from trying to solve the world's problems for a bit. Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (3ek7K) 11
Doggies are funny
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (tgvbd) 13
Is that the White Death, walking towards Kyoto Station for his rendezvous with the Bullet Train?
Posted by: HTL at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (5AjW6) Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz) 15
QUACK? Posted by: Ducks for Trump at January 15, 2026 07:42 PM (UjdFS) 16
That is just about what I would expect from a Lab in a boat seeing a dolphin.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 07:42 PM (ZcsJV) 17
Big if true:
@epochhealth Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus. In early tests, vision was reshaped in minutes. And doctors were stunned: it showed signs of repairing eye damage once thought irreversible. Posted by: weft cut-loop Welp, that'll triple the cost. And Somalis in MN will be offering eye surgery with jumper cables. Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM (Tq3er) 18
I want to go to Hokkaido someday. Maybe we can convince Pookette to put it on her list of stops for her senior trip to Japan.
Posted by: pookysgirl, always planning ahead at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM (Wt5PA) 19
Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative
A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus. In early tests, vision was reshaped in minutes. And doctors were stunned: it showed signs of repairing eye damage once thought irreversible. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (mlg/3) It requires changing the pH of the lens temporarily and trickling a charge across it using a metal form that fits like a contact lens. Unfortunately, last I heard it was something only done on rabbit eyes and after they had been removed from the dead rabbits. I wonder if it could be used to clear up cataracts as well. I told my wife's eye surgeon about it and he seemed pretty amped by the possibility, though he had not seen the paper. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR) 20
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Jackson, MS for shows starting tomorrow. Whether they stay there safely is another question. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:44 PM (tgvbd) 21
>>That is just about what I would expect from a Lab in a boat seeing a dolphin.
Gotta admit, it tempts me too. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m) 22
14 Good evening, horde.
That Kyoto picture is beautiful. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz) Ironic photo if you consider the Kyoto Protocol. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (KDPiq) 23
19 Scientists Accidentally Discover Laser-Free LASIK Alternative
___ Quick, get the Government to force insurance companies to cover it so it costs $20K per eye! Posted by: Short-Sleeved Government Guy, Here to Help at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (qUkBO) 24
I knew it. Those Shiba Inu things are CGI and/or AI, right?
Posted by: Very Suss! at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (oftw2) 25
I told my wife's eye surgeon about it and he seemed pretty amped
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM I'm guessing he'll have little to no resistance to trying it, then. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1) 26
Tummy Rub Thursday!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (s3+qu) 27
Cuba posted video today of the remains of the 32 Cubans killed in Caracas last week being returned to Havana. It was darkly amusing to see that they all came back in shoeboxes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (xVja5) 28
I did like Japan while there. But I got tired of fish quick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s) 29
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Jackson, MS for shows starting tomorrow. Whether they stay there safely is another question.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:44 PM (tgvbd) Someone in my knitting/sewing club was talking about watching AKC shows over the holiday break and I thought of you. What breed is The Big Dummy again? Posted by: pookysgirl knows like five dog breeds at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (Wt5PA) 30
Those Shiba Inu things are CGI and/or AI, right? Posted by: Very Suss! at January 15, 2026 07:46 PM (oftw2) ____________ Shiba Inus are all too real and will loudly let you know. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (tgvbd) 31
Ironic photo if you consider the Kyoto Protocol.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (KDPiq) It's that special warm snow. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz) 32
Welp, that'll triple the cost. And Somalis in MN will be offering eye surgery with jumper cables.
___ Also, Butt Lifts! Rock solid! Posted by: Mahmoud Shabooby, MD (ish) at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (qUkBO) 33
I played golf today with an older gentleman that had to go to the doctor after our round to get shots in his eyes for macular degeneration . Doesn't sound pleasant.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:48 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (ZcsJV) 35
What breed is The Big Dummy again? Posted by: pookysgirl knows like five dog breed __________ Borzoi, a member of the Hound Group. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (tgvbd) 36
18 I want to go to Hokkaido someday. Maybe we can convince Pookette to put it on her list of stops for her senior trip to Japan.
Posted by: pookysgirl, My late barber was in the Air Force right after WWII on Japan's northernmost island. Had pictures of electric lines and poles at ground level because the snow was 15 or 20 feet deep. You might want to go in the Summer. Posted by: RIP, Bill Sawyer at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2) 37
I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (mlg/3) 38
They have already indicted the suspect who tried to torch Beth Israel in Jackson, MS.
A 19 yr old named Stephen Spenser Pittman. I wonder if we should examine his social media posting. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD) 39
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (77rzZ) 40
I told my wife's eye surgeon about it and he seemed pretty amped
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 07:43 PM I'm guessing he'll have little to no resistance to trying it, then. Posted by: Duncanthrax These electrical puns are absolute joules. Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (Tq3er) 41
{{{nurse ratched}}}
Does not move in for a tummy rub. Seeing her accuracy on the range and against hobos: Hug with proper hand placement and quick release. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:50 PM (u82oZ) 42
I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (mlg/3) ___________ Her Majesty had three rounds and none worked. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 07:51 PM (tgvbd) 43
33 I played golf today with an older gentleman that had to go to the doctor after our round to get shots in his eyes for macular degeneration . Doesn't sound pleasant.
Posted by: Opinion fact Did you fleece the geezer? It's all the rage here. Posted by: Fore! at January 15, 2026 07:51 PM (oftw2) 44
“Borzoy” is Russian for “swift.”
Otherwise known as “Russian wolfhounds.” The hunting dogs of the Tsars. Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:53 PM (77rzZ) 45
A lab mistake revealed that a tiny electric current can soften the cornea like clay—then lock it into perfect focus.
Posted by: weft cut-loop Shocking!! Posted by: .....but not very at January 15, 2026 07:53 PM (nhCoE) Posted by: Hasan Piker's Dog at January 15, 2026 07:54 PM (ZcsJV) 47
My late barber was in the Air Force right after WWII on Japan's northernmost island. Had pictures of electric lines and poles at ground level because the snow was 15 or 20 feet deep. You might want to go in the Summer.
Posted by: RIP, Bill Sawyer at January 15, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2) On Okinawa, you could tell which school groups were from up north because their uniforms were made of wool and long-sleeved. Those poor kids, sweating in the tropical summer... Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling two future concert pianists at January 15, 2026 07:55 PM (Wt5PA) 48
There are some nice walking videos of Japan on YT and some of those during snowfall are very relaxing.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 07:56 PM (h/O4U) 49
>>I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.
My ex got lasik surgery just a few years after it was available. The doctor asked me to come into the room cause he believed it was calming since she was going to be awake during the procedure. Wasn't calming for me. Then he gave us a VHS tape of the procedure like we were going to ever want to see that again. Hard pass on lasik. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (XuXeR) 51
Snow is beautiful.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:59 PM (XuXeR) 53
I discovered -amazing- facts about the Detroit Tiger broadcasts of the 60s and 70s.
1) The intro music for Detroit Tiger Baseball (Ernie Harwell!) is The Bell Telephone March. 2) The earworm ad jingle from a long-time sponsor that was played early and often between innings was The Gillette March. That's all. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 08:00 PM (rj6Yv) Posted by: Tropical Hot Dog Night at January 15, 2026 08:00 PM (oftw2) Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0) 56
Then he gave us a VHS tape of the procedure like we were going to ever want to see that again.
Hard pass on lasik. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m) There are people who geek out on their surgeries like that. I'm not one of them. I have an acquaintance who is, and he's shoved pics of his shoulder and knee replacements in my face many times. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz) 57
53 Ernie Harwell and Bob Ufer, the voices of Michigan sports!
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 08:02 PM (77rzZ) 58
Snowfall will be a thing of the past.
Posted by: Climate experts in the Year 2000 at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (fjo1b) 59
Snow in Manhattan looked great for about 6 hours. Then it got black from car and bus exhaust, clogged the storm drains, and you had to slog through dirty slush on every street corner. All the store owners threw down snow melt, adding to the slush, making salt stains on your boots, shoes, pants.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (oftw2) 60
Little black/white kitten sounds like a starter not engaging the flywheel.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 08:05 PM (LHPAg) 61
>>I hope they can figure out the lasik free eye fix. My eyes have been awful for my entire life and their just getting worse.
My ex got lasik surgery just a few years after it was available. The doctor asked me to come into the room cause he believed it was calming since she was going to be awake during the procedure. Wasn't calming for me. Then he gave us a VHS tape of the procedure like we were going to ever want to see that again. Hard pass on lasik. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:58 PM (viF8m) My eyes changed shape significantly in my 20s-30s making it hard to fit contacts. I ruled out laser because no doctor ever said why this could happen without a disease. Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 08:06 PM (asFox) 62
If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG) 63
I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain Goin' where the weather suits my clothes Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (APZWP) 64
Seen on X:
I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!! Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:08 PM (rbvCR) 65
Snow in Manhattan looked great for about 6 hours. Then it got black from car and bus exhaust, clogged the storm drains, and you had to slog through dirty slush on every street corner. All the store owners threw down snow melt, adding to the slush, making salt stains on your boots, shoes, pants.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (oftw2) You left out when the snow melted you saw every dog walk for the last three months all at once. I lived in Chicago for a while. Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (asFox) 66
Those first 6 hours of snow were the best that that shithole Manhattan ever looked.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (77rzZ) 67
Love the top photo. Reminds me of long ago, when I lived in Japan.
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (rdVOm) 68
There are people who geek out on their surgeries like that. I'm not one of them. I have an acquaintance who is, and he's shoved pics of his shoulder and knee replacements in my face many times.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz) I wondered why I got the stills from my colonoscopy, true Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR) 69
HOA vs. ICE. Anybody want to lay odds?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (APZWP) 70
Seen on X:
I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS... 30 years, huh? That pretty much makes this guy an automatic asshole. Just ignore what he has to say. Carry on, ICE! . Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (iJfKG) 71
There are some nice walking videos of Japan on YT and some of those during snowfall are very relaxing.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 07:56 PM (h/O4U) Walking in a snowfall in real life is relaxing. The snow muffles all other sound, and the flakes hitting the ground makes a low shussh sound. Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (asFox) 72
Loverly Cafe, ace ...
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . with a Day Old Camel. . . at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (3ZUWJ) 73
OTOH, one doesn't have to shovel humidity..
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:59 PM (XuXeR You have to mop it. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (FMtrg) 74
Guys! DID YOU SEE THIS ??!! (old news from monday , but HOLY COW!)
"The State Department has now revoked over 100,000 visas, including some 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas for individuals who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity. We will continue to deport these thugs to keep America safe," the department said in a post on X. The four leading causes for revocations were overstays, driving under the influence, assault and theft, State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott said. The revocations marked a 150% increase from 2024, he added. The State Department has also launched a Continuous Vetting Center aimed at ensuring "all foreign nationals on American soil comply with our laws — and that the visas of those who pose a threat to American citizens are swiftly revoked," Pigott said. In November, the State Department said it had revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, for offenses ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft." Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (g47mK) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (4BNa1) 76
I wondered why I got the stills from my colonoscopy, true
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR) == I have a video of my catheterization. My cardiologist gave me the play-by-play on a followup visit: "See the dye, and how it just stops? That's 100% blockage." Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (rj6Yv) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 08:12 PM (L/fGl) 78
>>>Cowboy posting his Ws.
I saw a lot of shooting. Fast shooting. But I didn't see anything get hit. I think the jury is still out on the Ws thing. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S) 79
If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG) Yup...not expensive at all either. 3 grand per eye and you'll have 20/20 and some folks end up with 20/10. Go home same day and see how fugly the Karen next door really is. Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (R/m4+) 80
Hey UK, this is how it's done!
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (g47mK) 81
If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG) Yup...not expensive at all either. 3 grand per eye and you'll have 20/20 and some folks end up with 20/10. Go home same day and see how fugly the Karen next door really is. Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (R/m4+) ======= I had it and it was a life-changing event. It took me a year to not reach for my glasses after waking up. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 08:15 PM (rj6Yv) 82
Yup...not expensive at all either. 3 grand per eye and you'll have 20/20 and some folks end up with 20/10.
Go home same day and see how fugly the Karen next door really is. Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (R/m4+) My wife was concerned that there was something wrong with the skin on my arms when we were putting her in the car after the surgery, she kept saying my skin was all bumpy. I thought it was the anesthetic talking, but she told me when she woke up from 5 hours of sleeping it off that it was the freckles. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:16 PM (rbvCR) 83
That picture of Kyoto almost makes me forget how much I dislike.cold, snowy weather.
Almost. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 08:16 PM (ibgwE) 84
If you can handle dental procedures, you can handle Lasik
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 08:17 PM (8AONa) 85
It's been foggy/misty here since last night. Temp hovering right around freezing.
Noticed that sounds are quite muffled by this weather also, almost like when it's snowing. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 08:17 PM (rdVOm) 86
Good news, everyone!
Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 08:20 PM (L/fGl) 87
Doggies. Why does it always have to be doggies?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (fhCge) 88
Good news, everyone!
Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks He's stepping down? Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (nhCoE) 89
GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Doesn't look like an island, m8 Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (gKWVE) 90
I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin' Through the pourin' rain Goin' where the weather suits my clothes Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit Another one rides the bus. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 08:21 PM (pkeXY) 91
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. And sodomy. Posted by: NAMBLA Knows at January 15, 2026 08:22 PM (R/m4+) 92
>>Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
------ Hey, retard-- you misspelled crime, fraud, hatred and violence. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 08:22 PM (rdVOm) 93
Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Is this a guy who's in way over his head OR WHAT? And to think, he was the Dem pick for VP of the entire country. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:23 PM (fhCge) 94
One time I was traveling West mostly through I40 during the winter in the snow and I probably saw dozens of wrecks occur right by me like that first video. When I finally got to a hotel I, for real, peeled my hands off the steering wheel because I had it in a death grip.
The worst was traveling up I75 to work and two separate times a contractor truck had ladders fly off. The first time a ladder came at me, it popped into sliding a-frame mode, I just barely get away, then the idiot in the truck starts careening over, and I just slip between him and the sliding ladder. The second time an aluminum step ladder flies off, a car in front of me clips it, the ladder flies up and is hovering/spinning and I drive my car keanu/matrix style under/around the metal vortex of death. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:23 PM (3uBP9) 95
Me no have Cataract, just Rincoln!
Posted by: Mon Lee Take Out at January 15, 2026 08:23 PM (oftw2) 96
GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. ===== Thats preemptive jury tampering, timmeh. Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (8AONa) Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (fhCge) 98
Walz was like Ned Beatty in that debate with Vance.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gKWVE) 99
I kind of wish I had video of my boys being born. What an amazing thing a woman’s body does to bring new life into this world. Painful, exhilarating, powerful, humbling and magical. And then that first cry amd seeing your child. And holding him.
No. Men cannot do that. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gsJ4Q) 100
I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!!
Posted by: Kindltot He deserves a hickory haircut just because. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 15, 2026 08:25 PM (N/gmR) 101
> I saw a lot of shooting. Fast shooting. But I didn't see anything get hit.
I think the jury is still out on the Ws thing. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 15, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S) Sounded like he was shooting steel plate targets, and making a lot of hits. > 79 If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy. You may not need glasses ever again. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG) Mine aren't quite ready for it yet, but the eye doc says probably within five years. Everyone I know who's had modern cataract surgery (and, being an old bastard, I know quite a few of them) is extremely happy with it. My late mother got the first eye done about 20 years ago, and immediately began badgering the doc to do the other one (they only do one eye at a time just in case something DOES go wrong). Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 08:26 PM (IG3/x) 102
I wonder how pissed off other Democrats are at Walz.
Posted by: davidt at January 15, 2026 08:26 PM (Q+gd/) 103
> And sodomy.
Posted by: NAMBLA Knows at January 15, 2026 08:22 PM (R/m4+) Hey, we need to deemphasize the sodomy. Yes, yes, I know... to most people Sodom *means* sodomy. But we're going after the family vacation market. And then, if they get here and want some sodomy, it'll be waiting for them. Posted by: Sodom Chamber of Commerce, back when SNL was funny at January 15, 2026 08:28 PM (IG3/x) 104
The woman in the snow and the phrase “warm snow,” made me think of yuki-onna. Don’t lie down in the warm snow!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:29 PM (APZWP) 105
The worst was traveling up I75 to work and two separate times a contractor truck had ladders fly off.
Those are usually death sentences to motorcyclists. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:30 PM (a4flb) 106
104 The woman in the snow and the phrase “warm snow,” made me think of yuki-onna. Don’t lie down in the warm snow!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 08:29 PM (APZWP) "Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow!" Posted by: Frank Zappa at January 15, 2026 08:31 PM (IG3/x) 107
GovTimWalz
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. ==== Minnesota will remain An island of decency , of justice Of community of peace I am going to jail soon! Gangsta paradise ain't cheap ! Can you spare a dolla' , motha fvcker? I really hate to trip, but homy All uz treat me like a punk Don't mess with the funk ! Posted by: Tim Walz Rap at January 15, 2026 08:31 PM (g47mK) 108
Hey, we need to deemphasize the sodomy. Yes, yes, I know... to most people Sodom *means* sodomy. But we're going after the family vacation market. And then, if they get here and want some sodomy, it'll be waiting for them.
In the same vein, back in the 70's Dachau decided that its notorious reputation was cramping its ability to attract the tourists. The came up with an advertising campaign touting "the other Dachau." As if mounds of rotting corpses and ghastly sadistic cruelty wasn't enough to bring in the tour buses. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 08:32 PM (fhCge) 109
The natural settings combine with the architecture and the layout of the streets to make Japan a photographer's dream.
Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:32 PM (2L+MU) 110
>>> If you can handle dental procedures, you can handle Lasik
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 08:17 PM (8AONa) Eye doctors try to get you to delay the procedure as long as possible. They will come up with everything. Hey you'll need to get cataracts fixed later might as well wait. Hey you'll have stigmatism, might as well wait. Just so they can keep you on the yearly complete replacement of everything, hand over all your money, scam train. I despise everyone involved in the eyeglass industry from the doctors on up. I tried to save money by getting these aholes to put new lenses in their $$$$$ frames I got the year before. I get a call from the doctor, "hey dummy, the lab called, they decided to break your frames", ... what? "yeah they're trash now, so fork over more money, no no there is no warranty, they are legally allowed to violate you and your glasses however they want, you stupid sucker, HA HA HA HA!" I despise them all. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9) 111
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
That is a beautiful description that should fit under the photo of the police car, covered in vulgar and profane graffiti, broken windows, crushed roof, and on fire. Its just missing the pool of jellified blood, the body outline and crime scene tape. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (a4flb) 112
Those are usually death sentences to motorcyclists.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:30 PM (a4flb) ------------ My greatest fear riding a motorcycle home from work at night (SB I-405 in Orange County) back in the day. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (G0b3R) 113
Greetings, citizens of 2026. I have come from the future. We have heard of this "Candace Owens" of yours. She is... I think your term for it, is "bugfuck nuts".
But now my tachyonic matrix is decomposing so I must return. Invest in a- Posted by: Kerplzx-157 at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE) 114
Cicero
Pull the bandage off slowly, after soaking it, or rip it off!? Let us go slow. Stopping the funding is the key. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (u82oZ) 115
98 Walz was like Ned Beatty in that debate with Vance. - gKWVE
"Wooooee! Let me hear you squeal like a Democrat!" Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:35 PM (2L+MU) 116
yeah they're trash now, so fork over more money, no no there is no warranty, they are legally allowed to violate you and your glasses however they want, you stupid sucker, HA HA HA HA!"
I despise them all. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9) You Rock! Posted by: Koichi Toyama at January 15, 2026 08:36 PM (R/m4+) 117
99 I kind of wish I had video of my boys being born. What an amazing thing a woman’s body does to bring new life into this world.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gsJ4Q) I can remember it just fine. I don't want video. But I can understand that some women might. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:36 PM (zYpTz) 118
I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!!
Posted by: Kindltot IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HOA PRESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD! Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 15, 2026 08:38 PM (zYpTz) 119
Old Paco had to get shots in his eyes because of macular degeneration, and they only helped for a while. Plus they were very expensive.
The day I have to get shots in my eyes is the day I go out and get a seeing-eye dog. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:38 PM (2L+MU) 120
My greatest fear riding a motorcycle home from work at night (SB I-405 in Orange County) back in the day. Second only to mattresses blown off of pick up trucks driven by people who don't understand physics. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:38 PM (a4flb) 121
93 Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Is this a guy who's in way over his head OR WHAT? And to think, he was the Dem pick for VP of the entire country. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) Kamala Harris and Tim Walz: Dumb and Dumber Posted by: nerdygirl at January 15, 2026 08:39 PM (0Htd1) 122
If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again. Posted by: naturalfake ---- IOLs..Intra Ocular Lens. They can correct two out of three conditions. They can accomplish both spherical and cylindrical correction (near/farsightedness and astigmatism) but you're out of luck on presbyopia. If you have no astigmatism, there are IOLs that "fold" in response to the muscles of your eye, just like your young eyes did, allowing you to both see far and close clearly. I wore glasses from a young age (another story) so I don't find it a burden to have plain glass lenses with the bifocals "spots" on them. Putting glasses on and off was a no go, and I didn't want to sport that Schmuckie Choomer glasses on the end of my nose. My eyes were both 20/200 - only because I knew] that there was a "E" at the top of the chart. 20/15 today, except for book reading. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 08:39 PM (ibgwE) 123
Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace
Uh-huh. Show us all how it’s done asshole, especially illuminating will be without billions in stolen dollars. You stupid fuckers, I can’t wait. I hope they eat you. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:39 PM (04lxq) 124
Greetings, citizens of 2026. I have come from the future. We have heard of this "Candace Owens" of yours. She is... I think your term for it, is "bugfuck nuts".
But now my tachyonic matrix is decomposing so I must return. Invest in a- Posted by: Kerplzx-157 at January 15, 2026 08:34 PM (gKWVE) People of the Past. Do not listen to Kerplzx157. His model was recalled due to being bugfuck crazy for even attempting time travel. It's safe now. And Candy O was indeed peculiar. Posted by: Kerplzx 158 at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (2WIwB) 125
When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (Cjcf6) 126
called, they decided to break your frames", ... what? "yeah they're trash now, so fork over more money, no no there is no warranty, they are legally allowed to violate you and your glasses however they want, you stupid sucker, HA HA HA HA!"
I despise them all. Posted by: banana Dream So, Big Glasses is as corrupt an organization as Big Bat. Who knew? Posted by: Down With Warby Parker at January 15, 2026 08:41 PM (oftw2) 127
If you can handle the pain of a serious need for a root canal for a week, you can handle listening to Tim Walz talk about "turning the temperature down."
Actually, I've done both, and the first was a little easier. Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:42 PM (7DKa5) 128
Dang, looks like I'm going to have to be extra careful when I drive on the highway here in NC: "Federal audit finds North Carolina illegally issued trucking licenses".
"The U.S. Department of Transportation found that more than half of trucking licenses issued to immigrants in North Carolina were given illegally, according to a federal report." https://tinyurl.com/jw9ssd9f Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:43 PM (2L+MU) 129
Post
Conversation Lauren Witzke @LaurenWitzkeDE One single Indian immigration lawyer has approved 700,000 H-1B applicants in Texas Where is Greg Abbott? Where are the Texas Republicans you keep voting for over and over again? Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (Cjcf6) 130
I'm 70 and have never had an eye appointment of any kind. Just driver's license eye test.
Posted by: *You Steam Glasses* at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (oftw2) 131
I despise them all.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9) I had gotten regular glasses last time I went and contacts. Not too bad, with insurance, maybe 200? My insurance could pay for example or glasses or contacts nkt both. All right. This past year I went back because KY requires a vision test to renew the driver's license. Prescription had not changed in the 7 years in between. So I thought, hey, lemme get some progressive bifocal. Mother fucker. With insurance, nothing else bought $800. Dear Lord. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s) 132
A Lasik comic: https://tinyurl.com/5y9s3f9s
Key quote: "The procedure is painless. Yes. The 8 hours after the procedure are nothing but pain." Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (7DKa5) 133
>>> 125 When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (Cjcf6) My bet is on Frey giving up and crying like a six-year-old girl, but timwalz will go out in a timwalzy blaze of timwalzry because he knows he wouldn't last in prison. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (ULPxl) 134
I despise them all.
Posted by: banana Dream So, Big Glasses is as corrupt an organization as Big Bat. Who knew? Posted by: Down With Warby Parker at January 15, 2026 08:41 PM (oftw2) Just making a spectacle of themselves. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (2WIwB) 135
Crusader
Viktor Suvorov had an entire chapter on USSR Special Forces using shovels as weapons. In America it would be like Indiana Jones and the Egyptian Swordsman. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (u82oZ) 136
Men cannot do that
I don’t see where declarative statements like this are helpful. We should strive to be less political. The Science! is very clear on this. Posted by: Dr. Vermin at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (04lxq) 137
A shibee! They are so cute I can’t stand it.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 08:47 PM (Wmg4n) 138
64 Seen on X:
I DIDNT SERVE FOR AS PRESIDENT OF MY HOA FOR 30 YEARS TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. GTFO ICE!!! Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:08 PM (rbvCR) I told you @ClaireFosterPHD was a genius. If you still doubt, check this one out. https://tinyurl.com/8xezs44m Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (7DKa5) 139
Also, please welcome to the world little baby Lolly (Charlotte), our latest Barre Baby. Mama and baby are both doing amazing.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (Wmg4n) 140
Indians run a very close second to the Somalis in the fraud department.
Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (3g5Xe) 141
When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists.
I'm hoping that they shoot Frey and arrest the dog. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:50 PM (a4flb) 142
Message from Niedermeyer's Dead Horse on Twitter/X today:
"Hi friends. This was two months ago, and I can now, with plans in place, share what's been happening. November 6 was the day that I had to inform my daughter that I'd been given a prognosis of six months to live. It came as one hell of a shock to me. It's a long sordid tale of heart failure and sudden decline. The plan now is for me to move into the Mayo Clinic, next Wednesday, with no determination as to when I may leave. The first step is to install an Impella heart pump to keep me alive until a heart becomes available. It could be a matter of weeks, it could be three months, it could be six months, and I will be in 24/7 residence in the transplant ward at Mayo until then. I'm not even certain if i'm allowed to leave the ward to wander about the hospital or go sit outside in a courtyard. It stinks, but it's better than the alternative, which would have come on more quickly than they originally diagnosed. It's been one hell of a process and, the current reality is that things are going to get rough before they get better, but there's hope for a brighter future ahead." Prayers up for NDH. Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2026 08:50 PM (/RHNq) 143
@84
LASIK if far easier than a dental procedure. Lasts maybe 10 minutes, no pain or discomfort. Immediate results. Truly life changing. Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (XMwZJ) 144
I need cataract surgery. Ugh
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (KAi1n) 145
140 Indians run a very close second to the Somalis in the fraud department.
Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (3g5Xe) Indians have a very significant number of highly competent people. I've worked with some of them who were topnotch. Somalis, all I know about is Ayan Hirsi Ali, who is great, and that model who married David Bowie. If there are others, they are hiding well. Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:52 PM (7DKa5) 146
135 Viktor Suvorov had an entire chapter on USSR Special Forces using shovels as weapons. - NaCly Dog
I really enjoyed his books on Soviet military intelligence, including his account of his defection; read like a cold war thriller. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:52 PM (2L+MU) 147
Damn.
Hitting the knees for NDH. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 08:53 PM (2WIwB) 148
One single Indian immigration lawyer has approved 700,000 H-1B applicants in Texas"
Lawyers can approve visas? When did this happen? Oh, clkbait... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 08:53 PM (XuXeR) 149
I kind of wish I had video of my boys being born. What an amazing thing a woman’s body does to bring new life into this world.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 08:24 PM (gsJ4Q) **** I can remember it just fine. I don't want video. But I can understand that some women might. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! ----- My kids were born when the old man sat out in the maternity waiting room and smoked. Thank goodness. My daughter wanted mom in the room, and sort of reluctantly offered me the opportunity to watch my first grandson being born - so I wouldn't feel left out, I suppose. I politely refused. In both cases, I probably would have passed out. In every case where it's been my blood and pain, I am.eternally grateful.for moderm.anesthesia. I'd make a terrible mother. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (ibgwE) 150
Oh Sh!t. NDH, sending it all your way.
Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (7DKa5) 151
Attempts to cross a pygmy penguin with a Goldendoodle to create a pygmy penguidoodle have thankfully failed. Research into creating a penguitoo has been more promising, but so far the creatures have experienced great difficulty in not falling from their perches.
Funding for these bizarre hybrids comes directly from Big Penguin. It is rumored that the ultimate goal is to create a new super-penguin , code named PACO (Penguin Advanced Combat Operator), to advance their goal of total world domination. Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (zYpTz) 153
142 Message from Niedermeyer's Dead Horse on Twitter/X today
God give you strength and courage, and your loved ones, too. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (2L+MU) 154
Whenever I think of decency, justice, and peace, the first thing that jumps to mind is Minneapolis.
Her Buicks overflowing with a bounty of ballots. Her fentanyl-packed assholes, dying over kited paper. Her retarded, ballon-headed billionaire nannies. Her retarded governor. Her al-Shabaab Congresswoman. Her rampant Karens, proudly mounting their iron steeds. *places hand over heart* G-d Bless The City of Lakes! Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (BI5O2) 155
Indians have scammed the Medicaid and visa system for years. They aren’t nearly as intelligent as the people they keep replacing. They all come out of schools that popped up overnight to help their visa scam industry. When they come here most of them get their sickly parents on SSDI or Medicaid.
Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (3g5Xe) 156
NDH a prayer for her complete and immediate healing
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (XuXeR) 158
Indians run a very close second to the Somalis in the fraud department.
Posted by: That Guy at January 15, 2026 08:49 PM (3g5Xe) There was a survey not too long ago that said women of the world found Indian men the most unattractive with their weird dark urine colored skin, bad smells and strange sexual appetites. I don't think the Somalis were included and for good reason. Posted by: People Magazine at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (R/m4+) 159
LASIK if far easier than a dental procedure. Lasts maybe 10 minutes, no pain or discomfort. Immediate results. Truly life changing.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (XMwZJ) Mine done 18 years ago. Still excellent vision...except for the weak cheaters I need to read. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (2WIwB) 160
I need cataract surgery. Ugh
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (KAi1n) The cost is the main thing, and sleeping with a clear patch over your eye. Mom got her first cataract done in 1968 and the surgeon did it free hand and she had to be on her back for a week, my wife's was outpatient and the worst part was her sleeping off the anesthetic and then insisting she could do things. My wife got the multi-focus lens and she is delighted, she can see the jets and birds when I point them out and she was delighted by the colors she had forgotten. She said, "this is what heaven must look like!" Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR) 161
Attempts to cross a pygmy penguin with a Goldendoodle to create a pygmy penguidoodle have thankfully failed. Research into creating a penguitoo has been more promising, but so far the creatures have experienced great difficulty in not falling from their perches.
Funding for these bizarre hybrids comes directly from Big Penguin. It is rumored that the ultimate goal is to create a new super-penguin , code named PACO (Penguin Advanced Combat Operator), to advance their goal of total world domination. Permit me to introduce you to...the Belgian penguinois. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:56 PM (2L+MU) 162
Prayers up for NDH.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 08:56 PM (ULPxl) 163
Mike Solana @micsolana they keep telling us that when they’re back in power they’re doing mass incarceration for political dissidents as if this is as normal a thing to say as “we disagree with your views on abortion” or something. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:56 PM (Cjcf6) 164
I really enjoyed his books on Soviet military intelligence, including his account of his defection; read like a cold war thriller. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:52 PM (2L+MU) ___________ The Liberators is a great book. In particular, the chapters about his time in the stockade. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 08:57 PM (tgvbd) 165
>>> This past year I went back because KY requires a vision test to renew the driver's license. Prescription had not changed in the 7 years in between. So I thought, hey, lemme get some progressive bifocal. Mother fucker. With insurance, nothing else bought $800. Dear Lord.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s) My eye sight is at the edge of what lenses can correct. I have to get high index of refraction polymers $$, then special grinding because they're still thick $$$, some AR coating to help with the weird chromatic aberrations that high index polymers cause $$$$, and then I'm 29 going on 60 so progressive lenses $$$$$. It all adds up. And then they will only put those lenses in certain frames. I pay upwards of $1500 / year. Much more if they talk me into the near/reading glasses plus far all day glasses. It's crazy. And the cheap online places, when I checked them 5-10 years ago were also expensive for the lenses I need. But it's the frames the piss me off. Why can't I reuse them?? Because that cuts off their $$$$. I'm just their mark. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 08:58 PM (3uBP9) Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 09:00 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:01 PM (XuXeR) 168
Hope NDH pulls through.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:01 PM (zZu0s) 169
If you have cataracts, they can pop your lens out and put a new better one in, easy peasy.
You may not need glasses ever again. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 08:07 PM (iJfKG) Like many others here, I can attest to that, Ette Sharon had it done a month or two ago. Me? Several years now. I uses readers or a headband magnifier for close work, otherwise, glasses-free. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 09:03 PM (8zz6B) 170
But it's the frames the piss me off. Why can't I reuse them?? Because that cuts off their $$$$. I'm just their mark.
Posted by: banana Dream ------ There's an optical shop here, that will let you reuse your frames-- IF you pay the surcharge. No kidding, they really really really really want ALL of your money, one way or another. Asshoes. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:04 PM (rdVOm) 171
>>> Message from Niedermeyer's Dead Horse on Twitter/X today
God give you strength and courage, and your loved ones, too. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 08:54 PM (2L+MU) I had saw the post back in Nov. and was really worried. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:04 PM (3uBP9) 172
@138
Wow, the ClaireFosterPHD stuff is hilarious! Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 09:05 PM (XMwZJ) 173
Timmy........
Tom Homan Called Me a Homo and a Panty Waste!! What are you going to do about it ????? Posted by: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey at January 15, 2026 09:05 PM (J9q9v) 174
Here's the update on Victor Davis Hanson's health status. He's been through the ringer but thankfully is on the mend now. Prayers still help:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8tuzbc Posted by: IrishEi at January 15, 2026 09:06 PM (3ImbR) 175
Get well, NDH. Praying for you & yours!
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:06 PM (rdVOm) 176
I'm trying to save money in my HSA for the eye correction but my family spends it faster than I can save it. sigh...
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:07 PM (3uBP9) 177
Prayers ascending for Niedermeyer's Dead Horse .
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:09 PM (u82oZ) 178
I saw today some people advocating for Thomas Sowell to get the Medal of Freedom. I agree. But they were talking about his "dignity," and that didn't seem quite right as the way to characterize him and his work.
He's a firebrand, a Man On Fire, an impassioned radical for reason. You can see it more easily in his early appearances on video, and once you see it, it's pretty easy to still see it in his interviews at an advanced age. Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa5) Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 PM (KDPiq) 180
"If you can handle dental procedures, you can handle Lasik"
Like the route canal I had where the endodontist let me have a couple of slugs of scotch beforehand? Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 09:14 PM (KAi1n) 181
I've bookmarked Riki Shinagawa's X... gorgeous stuff, and I'd like to buy a print-- if only I could decide *which* photo! Wow.
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:15 PM (rdVOm) 182
Viktor Suvorov had an entire chapter on USSR Special Forces using shovels as weapons.
The Russian soldier with his short-handled shovel is an iconic i.m.age, like a Tommy with his Lee-Enfield or a GI with his 1911. I bought an American-made copy. It came with a sharpened edge. I spent a couple of minutes with it, attacking a big cardboard box. Let's just say if I encountered a Rooskie swinging one, I would be very thankful to have a 1911 on me. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 15, 2026 09:15 PM (P/woT) 183
179 He doesn't have the medal already?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 PM (KDPiq) Not as far as I can tell from searching. I agree, it's surprising. Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:15 PM (7DKa5) 184
I wanted to have cataract surgery but I couldn't see my way clear to get there.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:17 PM (cYBz/) 185
Hadrian the Hadrian the Seventh
Concur. The Liberators was an illuminating book. Funny in a sad way. The culture of a Communist Army is toxic. Note that the entire Army was becoming politically unreliable, and was pulled out of Czechoslovakia. I imagine the North Koreans from The Russian Front are finding out the same thing. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:17 PM (u82oZ) 186
-_Let's just say if I encountered a Rooskie swinging one, I would be very thankful to have a 1911 on me.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy --- Yes, it's legendary. Do not get within swinging distance. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:20 PM (4BNa1) 187
185 The culture of a Communist Army is toxic. Note that the entire Army was becoming politically unreliable, and was pulled out of Czechoslovakia.
I imagine the North Koreans from The Russian Front are finding out the same thing. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:17 PM (u82oZ) Now imagine the Chinese army, consisting at this point of mostly the only sons of their families (one-child policy come home to roost). Consider the Chinese people you know, and consider how much you could risk the life of the only son of their family without backlash. Posted by: Splunge at January 15, 2026 09:20 PM (7DKa5) 188
If we had a *courageous* house and senate, Minnesota would have already been solved. Instead, we have only a mathematical house and senate, and the math must continue to factor in that at least 20 percent of "our" side isn't really on our side.
Trump needs to *bury* that 20 percent politically. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 09:20 PM (Cjcf6) 189
But it's the frames the piss me off. Why can't I reuse them?? Because that cuts off their $$$$. I'm just their mark. Posted by: banana Dream Wear two monocles. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 09:22 PM (pkeXY) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:22 PM (u82oZ) Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl) 192
We be thi as Presdent Obana shoolds dew something abouts Trump wanting to attract the peaceful country of Irun.
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 15, 2026 09:23 PM (vypHc) 193
So, it turns out, Sinema was kind of an out of control, man hungry, sex fiend. There's a lawsuit from the wife of one of her security guys who's suing because Sinema stole her hubby. I guess she was using her security team as a kind of stud ranch. Also screwing the rest of the guys on her staff. Pretty much an insatiable gal. She kind of had the look of it though.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:25 PM (3uBP9) 194
Mary!
The misspellings say It’s You! Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (u82oZ) 195
133 >>> 125 When its time to arrest Frey, I hope the officers are armed with shovels...just in case he resists. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 08:40 PM (Cjcf6) My bet is on Frey giving up and crying like a six-year-old girl, but timwalz will go out in a timwalzy blaze of timwalzry because he knows he wouldn't last in prison. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 08:45 PM (ULPxl) ------- There he is! Stop him, he's skipping away! -Federal Law Enforcement Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (VWtfl) 196
@193
>> She kind of had the look of it though. Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (XV/Pl) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:27 PM (XuXeR) 198
>> She kind of had the look of it though.
Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (XV/Pl) Very very sneaky. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 09:27 PM (3uBP9) 199
174 Here's the update on Victor Davis Hanson's health status. He's been through the ringer but thankfully is on the mend now. Prayers still help:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8tuzbc Posted by: IrishEi --- Thanks! Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:30 PM (4BNa1) 200
Have a great night, everyone.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 09:31 PM (u82oZ) 201
Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender What a coincidence! I like to do a lot of what lesbians like to do also!! Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:32 PM (cYBz/) 202
Former AZ Sen @kyrstensinema sued by the ex wife of her head of security. Lawsuit could be made into lifetime movie. Alleging she was having sex with multiple members of security team, then started affair with married husband of 3. Jet setting & lots of concerts. @FOX10Phoenix
- Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts https://is.gd/c9OqxH - Apparently, she's the Diddy of ex-congresscritters. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 09:39 PM (L/fGl) 203
Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender What a coincidence! I like to do a lot of what lesbians like to do also!! Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:32 PM (cYBz/) Even better if you get 2 of them together and get them to do the things *you* like to do. You'll be forwarding your mail. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 09:41 PM (snZF9) 204
Just saw the update on NDH...prayers ascending for a speedy and positive resolution!
Posted by: IrishEi at January 15, 2026 09:41 PM (3ImbR) 205
Apparently, she's the Diddy of ex-congresscritters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 09:39 PM (L/fGl) So, that freak vibe was real. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s) 206
Uhmm, she professed to being a lesbian I thought.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 09:26 PM (XV/Pl) Lol. One thing to point out: one of the few attractive lipstick lesbians I have seen outside of college. Also we were talking about this the other day... Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s) 207
193 So, it turns out, Sinema was kind of an out of control, man hungry, s ...
-- But food won the race. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:51 PM (4BNa1) 208
> Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts
--------- It was those boots, right? Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 09:52 PM (U2OZr) 209
I need cataract surgery. Ugh
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 15, 2026 08:51 PM (KAi1n) My eye doctor keeps telling me that would be the best thing that ever happened to me (I'm a bit on the nearsighted side would you believe). I know some people that have done it and love that they no longer needed glasses and someone here recently said pay for the extra acuity lenses. It's not a terrible process, I think it's just the day after each that's kind of uncomfortable. Good luck! Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 09:53 PM (E0p3T) 210
Start kicking your cat.
What does it mean when a cat grabs your wrist, bites your hand, and karate kicks your forearm? Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 09:53 PM (BSdIE) 211
Praying for NDH. Horde Prayer is a powerful thing.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 09:53 PM (E0p3T) 212
>>>Alleging she was having sex with multiple members of security team, then started affair with married husband of 3. Jet setting & lots of concerts. @FOX10Phoenix
- Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts https://is.gd/c9OqxH -- Yes, the glass ceiling in broken. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 09:54 PM (4BNa1) 213
Just been wandering through several videos about ancient archeology and cave paintings. Lots of what seems like bogus speculation, including lots of mentions of "possible extraterrestrials," and screwy AI narration that has bad pronunsciations and sometimes repeated sentences.
Sad, because I'm interested in the real stuff and it's hard to separate from the b.s. Like everything else nowadays. Posted by: mindful webworker - surrealistically at January 15, 2026 09:54 PM (FMpsC) 214
202 Former AZ Sen @kyrstensinema sued by the ex wife of her head of security. Lawsuit could be made into lifetime movie. Alleging she was having sex with multiple members of security team, then started affair with married husband of 3. Jet setting & lots of concerts. @FOX10Phoenix
- Alienation of Affection: Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair Amid U2, Taylor Swift, and MDMA-Fueled Trysts https://is.gd/c9OqxH - Apparently, she's the Diddy of ex-congresscritters. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 09:39 PM (L/fGl) ZOD will not be amused that his pet has such proclivities. Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at January 15, 2026 09:55 PM (3sXRv) 215
Sinema got fat, right, as well as crooked?
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 09:56 PM (Cjcf6) 216
What does it mean when a cat grabs your wrist, bites your hand, and karate kicks your forearm?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone -------- I have learned to NOT pet Cat unless he is either sitting upright or standing. Laying down means "do not disturb" or "I will play rough" YMMV Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 09:59 PM (rdVOm) 217
Sinema got fat, right, as well as crooked?
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 09:56 PM (Cjcf6) Well all that sex and drugs keeps one thin. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 09:59 PM (zZu0s) 218
F5
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 10:00 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:01 PM (L/fGl) 220
Even better if you get 2 of them together and get them to do the things *you* like to do. You'll be forwarding your mail.
Posted by: Berserker That's a new euphemism. Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:05 PM (nhCoE) 221
Prayers for NDH
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 15, 2026 10:06 PM (N/gmR) 222
>>>I have learned to NOT pet Cat unless he is either sitting upright or standing. Laying down means "do not disturb" or "I will play rough"
YMMV Posted by: JQ >Mostly, I pull her up into my body, cradle her like a baby and she seems to like the scritchy scratches. The biting is never defensive, very gentle. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (BSdIE) 223
ON Posted by: fourseasons at January 15, 2026 10:08 PM (3ek7K) 224
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Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 10:13 PM (nhCoE) 225
The bunny foot and biting is amusing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 10:14 PM (BSdIE) 226
Kristen Sinema is a gross political hag who used her position to bang men who may or may not have been married, while getting high on stimulants and looting her constituents. That's so hot.
/s Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 10:34 PM (BI5O2) 227
Prayers up for NDH.
Posted by: Sharkman at January 15, 2026 08:50 PM (/RHNq) Prayers. Must be young to be considered for a transplant? In my prayers. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk) Tousi TV: The Iran Strike Is Coming; US Has Delayed Because Israel Needed More Time to Prepare for Iran's Retaliatory Strikes, and US Needed More Troops In the AreaAccording to Mayhar Tousi, Trump has not called off the strike. But action has been delayed because: 1, Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive. 2, Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack. So... it's not our base then is it? 3, the military wants more assets in theater for the attack. Given that we can't use the base in Tucker Carlson's future homeland of Qatar, it makes it more important that the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier be in theater to launch planes. I believe that's sailing from the Pacific towards Iran. I've heard rumors that the attack is still on, too. I think Trump's statements about Iran having stopped massacring civilians could be an attempt to get Iran to stop killing them, because he needs more time to prep the attack, and he would like Iran to kill as few civilians as possible while we're forced to wait. Tousi offers more rumors. He says there are claims that the government is dividing up between the Regime and those plotting to overthrow the Regime. He says that, according to rumor, the former president and former foreign minister have both been arrested by the Revolutionary Guard for plotting against the government. They have not been seen in days, so it's possible.
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Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:38 PM (Oql3v) 2
Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (Oql3v) 3
Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack. So... it's not our base then is it?
Nuke Qatar. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (FzgDV) 4
I still hope the place is crawling with green beanies.
Because this is what they are made for. What was it... Nine that coordinated with northern alliance to take down the Taliban... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (/lPRQ) 5
I believe the Lincoln is coming from the south China sea. The subs are already in place and have been.
Tousi is very careful in his framing. Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (0KSrI) 6
Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove Trump showed her a picture of her house. Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (vxYQq) Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (gLikB) 8
Hit em where it hurts
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0) 9
How much shit can Iran have to throw at Israel anyway at this point?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (zZu0s) 10
Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar.
Pull out ALL of our people. Then open the canned sunshine. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (FzgDV) 11
Fox is talking about this right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:44 PM (viF8m) 12
What would be funny is if Iran sent dirty bombs that failed to detonate. So Israel just were able to collect free enriched uranium to use in their own power plants and research.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (XuXeR) 14
IAF and US fighter pilots want the MiG-29 to stop them.
Been a long time since we had an air-air win. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (u82oZ) 15
Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel.
You guys are making it easy for Tucker Carlson to lament MIGA is a higher priority than MAGA. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (nAS9C) 16
"I think Trump's statements about Iran having stopped massacring civilians could be an attempt to get Iran to stop killing them..."
Yep. Taqiyya can be a two-way street, ya' know. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (gLikB) 17
>According to Mayhar Tousi, Trump has not called off the strike.
---- I've been giving Trump a lot of shit for the delay. I freely admit there is much I don't know about what's happening. But I would think that Trump, being the guy he is, would love to be remembered for taking down the mullahs in Iran. He's very into racking up achievements and talking about them after. Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (ZxPkt) 18
We are STILL trying to hide the shame of what this evil country did to Venezuela. What if China did that to Trump? Would you like that??? And we want to go after Iran??? We DESERVED to have our embassy attacked. We just wish the hostages were killed to teach this sick country a lesson.
We need to end the DoD and the State Department. One, WE are the bad guys. Two, THINK OF THE MONEY WE WILL SAVE. Gotta go. Mandarin lessons soon! Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (0GYGE) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (XuXeR) 20
Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar.
Pull out ALL of our people. Then open the canned sunshine. Posted by: rickb223 If the government of Iran falls, Cutter would move to No. 1 on the terrorism sponsorship list. Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (vxYQq) Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (u82oZ) 23
To be fair, if you can't believe Miss Lindsay, who can you believe?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (0sNs1) 24
Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack. So... it's not our base then is it?
Maybe if you all are nicer to Tucker and do a little sucking up, he may petition his patrons to allow the base to be used by the ones who are paying for it. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (xE0sV) 25
They are just talking about the same reports we are."
Which means.... it'll be a quiet night. Or not. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (XuXeR) 26
I would not trust any information from Lindsay Graham. He might be saying a war is coming because that is what the wants and is pushing Trump to do.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (VmYdv) 27
My concern with Iran is that it relies on people - mostly men - who really, REALLY do not want to lose.
Partly there's the Shi'a martyrdom complex, which can be compared only with the Childrens' Crusade and other hardcores in mediaeval Christendom. Except that it's not the 1100s over here anymore, where in Iran, for these guys, it kind of is. Also because we are talking about 30 year old losers (again, mostly men, but also some women) who have the status they have because they've tied themselves into this regime. If they lose, they are either getting hanged or else they are looking forward to decades of life being sneered at. Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (gKWVE) 28
Lindsay Grahmnesty just cannot WAIT for war!
Posted by: Zippyslug at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (/jFSs) 29
1, Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.
ICBM! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (/lPRQ) 30
Maybe if you all are nicer to Tucker and do a little sucking up,"
Tucky's doing all the sucking Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (XuXeR) 31
Iran has been a thorn in the US side since the mullahs took over. Reagan was the one who started looking for "moderates" in the country, which was then followed by the Bushes. Clinton, Obama and Biden kissed the mullahs asses. Let's see if a few more airstrikes properly placed xan achieve what 46 yrs of US policy hasn't achieved
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (Oql3v) 32
Miss Lindsay is positioning himself to take some credit for whatever Trump does with Iran. He really is a slimeball.
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (ZxPkt) 33
>>Which means.... it'll be a quiet night. Or not.
Well the consensus around here last night seemed to be that Trump was a big doo doo head and he wasn't going to do anything so I think I'll just wait and see. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (viF8m) 34
You guys are making it easy for Tucker Carlson to lament MIGA is a higher priority than MAGA.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (nAS9C) ==== Fvck Tucker and anyone who would draw that conclusion with a SCUD Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX) 35
19 Nuke Qatar. No, seriously. Nuke Qatar"
I'd settle for us not funding them Posted by: man ----------- Quatar UAE S.A. Turkey and Iran. They are all trying to islamify the West. Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 15, 2026 06:50 PM (VmYdv) 36
>Let's see if a few more airstrikes properly placed xan achieve what 46 yrs of US policy hasn't achieved
---- It might be as simple as killing enough of the right people, that the rest flee for their lives. Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (ZxPkt) 37
Posted by: AoS Isolationists and Code Pinkers at January 15, 2026 06:46 PM (0GYGE)
I am not even sure what this is. Comedy. Troll. Bit of both. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (zZu0s) 38
6 Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove Trump showed her a picture of her house. Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (vxYQq) With only her legs showing from underneath it? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (SRRAx) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (XuXeR) 40
Fuck Lindsey Graham
Faggy little wuss Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (XLfSN) 41
I think it would be a very bad assumption to imagine that we will escape damage/harm as a consequence of all this.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L) 42
I've been giving Trump a lot of shit for the delay. I freely admit there is much I don't know about what's happening. But I would think that Trump, being the guy he is, would love to be remembered for taking down the mullahs in Iran. He's very into racking up achievements and talking about them after.
I would go one bit further. Since the US is on an unavoidable collision course with Rock Bottom, do EVERYTHING possible to take down the Mullahs and have that a positive memory of the US as a final achievement. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (xE0sV) 43
Did anyone check the pizza places around DC?
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (Q0yOR) 44
Surely there's an Admiral Donitz somewhere that can take over and unconditionally surrender in Iran after the fruitcakes in charge die?
I also expect lots of leftists demonstrating in favor of allowing the Mullahs to stay in power in order to protect women and gays because "Ebul Trump! REEEEE!" Posted by: SimoHaya at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (/ZkOF) 45
TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies
Foreign policy used to be a serious thing. Now it's a comedy show. The heritage foundation is running things. Trump does not care one iota about the Iranian people, they are a tool to deflect from unpopular decisions he's making elsewhere (or the ramifications of decisions), like not releasing all the Epistien files, or the shooting in Minnesota. There used to be a whole subreddit where it was Trump quotes that contradicted previous Trump quotes. That man's words mean nothing. If he is neither bluffing nor attacking them, then he has done the worst possible thing for the protesters. After weeks of threats, failing even to attempt intervention only reinforces the regime itself, making future protests even less likely to succeed. What a historic betrayal after specifically telling protesters to keep going and that "help is on the way" banking on Trump helping you is the worst position in the world to be in. And that is exactly the position Iranians are in unfortunately Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (ycI94) 46
Ace, it appears Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally right
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (Oql3v) -- My word, it's been over two years since the last time Mike Zeroh reported she'd been fired. Posted by: Kevin In ABQ at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (EF8U3) 47
I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.
Wait, aren't there several "holiest sites in Islam" on Israeli land? Won't other muslims get big mad about that? Or is it the reverse of "Abraham pleading for Sodom" ..... "Mohammad, if only 10 Jews are found there, nuke the whole place." Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 06:53 PM (nhCoE) 48
Wow. When reddit and aos commenters agree...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s) 49
They are just talking about the same reports we are."
Which means.... it'll be a quiet night. Or not. - I'd guess quiet. Folks were pointing out yesterday that Sunrise in Tehran is 7:30 pm-ish CST, which means if anything was going to be done there at night, it probably would have started. It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon. -ish. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (vSvIl) 50
Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.
Intercontinental Ballistic Missle. Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS? (although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct) Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (Hx0tZ) 51
What a historic betrayal after specifically telling protesters to keep going and that "help is on the way" banking on Trump helping you is the worst position in the world to be in. And that is exactly the position Iranians are in unfortunately
====== These people care nothing about Iran and know even less. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (RIvkX) 52
All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (oftw2) 53
Trump showed her a picture of her house.
Posted by: Stu Podaso With only her legs showing from underneath it? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth * golf clap * Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (nhCoE) 54
Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS?
(although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct) Posted by: OneEyedJack IRBMs Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (/lPRQ) 55
Just how many strikes do we have to make? This is getting old. I suspect the IC is fucking us.
Again. Oh... and again. We always pull out before the job is finished to avoid "recriminations." Like with that whore. Yo... Tulsi... what the fuck? Oh, and thanks. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (U2OZr) 56
The Iranian people have to do this. It's the only way. They have to free themselves. Not saying we can't give things a little push, but it has to come be their own revolution, or reformation, or whatever it ends up being.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (MZ+PY) 57
TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies
Like the one arresting people for sharing Amelia memes that "western democracy"? Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (sKqQm) 58
yeah, but what does burt think ?
Posted by: alpine_beer at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (van9r) 59
Tucker Carlson's patrons in Qatar have forbidden us to use our own base in that country for the attack.
Bahrain has seen a significant amount of C 17 traffic over the last 30 days. There are 2 US military bases in Bahrain. There has also been significant traffic by Atlas Air 747s into Baku over the same period. Atlas Air is a military subcontractor that moves alot of military freight. . Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (vzcgi) 60
"and its all your fault." just trying to keep up
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (YlWIZ) 61
Israel asked the US to give it more time to prepare for Iran's inevitable ICBM barrage on Israel. I will add that I've heard scuttlebutt that Iran might launch dirty bombs, using up their enriched uranium to make Israel radioactive.
Here is the thing that gets me: According to Evangelicals, literally nothing bad can happen to Israel - especially a dirty bomb because allegedly the Antichrist is sitting around in his living room waiting to build a new Temple to be worshiped in. So if you believe in Jesus, there should be zero fear of an ICBM barrage. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (KhyP1) 62
All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines State Dept is working overtime. May be a relatively peaceful transition. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (/lPRQ) 63
Intercontinental Ballistic Missle.
Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS? (although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct) Posted by: OneEyedJack Yup. It's still a "cannonball," even you use a trebuchet. Posted by: mikeski at January 15, 2026 06:56 PM (nhCoE) 64
this is what Persia used to be
youtu.be/PcEMgywyVtg Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:57 PM (gKWVE) 65
I am calling President "Pol Pot" Trump to make all preparations to protect all Gay and Transgenders in Iran if we do strike the "Mostly Peaceful" Iranian Ragheads in Teheran..
Posted by: Senate-Her Shoemore, Idiot, New Yoork at January 15, 2026 06:58 PM (J9q9v) 66
>>These people care nothing about Iran and know even less.
These are the same people who a few months ago were screaming Trump was going to start WWIII by attacking Iran. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m) 67
TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies
Those terms are acceptable - given the quality of current "Western Democracies" Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:58 PM (KhyP1) 68
Wait, I'm not an Evangelical. Do they really believe that the temple that Ezekiel prophesied would be built in Jerusalem was meant to be one for the Anti-Christ?
That's messed up. So I assume that in fact Evangelicals do NOT believe that. Posted by: SimoHaya at January 15, 2026 06:59 PM (/ZkOF) 69
Here is the thing that gets me: According to Evangelicals, literally nothing bad can happen to Israel - especially a dirty bomb because allegedly the Antichrist is sitting around in his living room waiting to build a new Temple to be worshiped in.
- That's a silly oversimplification. That Jerusalem isn't getting nuked (or those prophecies are very far off yet) is as much as one can be sure of. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 06:59 PM (vSvIl) 70
TACO to the rescue. He's too busy planning to murder Greenlanders and destroy the alliance of Western Democracies
Fuck western democracies Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:59 PM (FzgDV) 71
62 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines State Dept is working overtime. May be a relatively peaceful transition. Must be near L'Enfant Plaza Stop on the Metro... Posted by: Jackson at January 15, 2026 07:00 PM (38587) 72
It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.
As long as it doesn't interfere with my nap. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (KhyP1) 73
It might be as simple as killing enough of the right people, that the rest flee for their lives.
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:51 PM (ZxPkt) Tomorrow is Friday, ass-lifting day in the mosques. Blow them all up, and every goat-raper in them. There goes the mullahs' power base, and probably a few of the mullahs, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (8zz6B) 74
52 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines at January 15, 2026 06:55 PM (oftw2 Bluuuue... Savanna Song... Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (gKWVE) 75
I would take the thing about Israel needing more time with a hunk of rock salt.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM (0KSrI) 76
As for "western democracies" are those the ones that arrest their main political opponents (LaPen, AFD) and ban them from running or straight up cancel elections if the "wrong people" win, like Romania? I eagerly await Starmer declaring a dictatorship in England as he's about as popular as a straight white conservative guy at Bryn Mawr college. Probably less.
Posted by: SimoHaya at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM (/ZkOF) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM (u82oZ) 78
Unlike our own insurrectionists, Iranian ones stay on the sidewalk and don't block the street!
Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (hR36P) 79
I hate Iran but I don’t know how this any different than getting involved in Iraq.
Let it fall on its own Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB) 80
Not a good sign that team Trump and Miss Lindsey are in agreement on something.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (7sIr+) 81
It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.
Their time or our time? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (FzgDV) 82
I have no doubt that a lot is going on that is not public. Also I was wondering why no one was mentioning Iran’s threats to launch a massive barrage on Tel Aviv if they were attacked - the threats sounded credible.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:04 PM (xVja5) 83
Do they really believe that the temple that Ezekiel prophesied would be built in Jerusalem was meant to be one for the Anti-Christ?
- The man of lawlessness is going to prohibit worship in the temple, which implies that there is a temple. And (I think separately), he proclaims himself to be God in that temple, but I would assume he storms it by force. In any case I very much doubt that anyone involved in building it is doing it on his behalf. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (vSvIl) 84
Reddit is active brain cancer..
If you think those retards are ignorant about politics, take a look at some of the DIY threads. That place must be responsible for so many injuries/deaths. Then head on down to the electrical engineering area where you'll hear just exactly how stupid real engineers are compared to the graduates of YouTube. It's hilarious and very very sad. Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (XLfSN) Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (vzcgi) 86
That Jerusalem isn't getting nuked (or those prophecies are very far off yet) is as much as one can be sure of.
There is a Pixy Limit and good sarcasm shouldn't be pages long with proofs and references. For Dispensationalists to have their dream come true, they need a viable Russia and China, and looking at current trajectories, that window isn't open long. Besides, Americans aren't supposed to be inconvenienced at all so when the economy collapses and the Left go on their murder spree unrepelled, then Evangelicals can game the system and force Jesus to return by making it bad enough. But only if Americans get inconvenienced enough and a market crash and civil war is enough to signal the Tribulation. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (a3CJ+) 87
Willowed but Bob Cushman is reporting he has documentation that Walz is smurfing money to other democrat politicians.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (9KKv0) 88
It won't be an overnight event like Venezuela for us, it'll be mid-afternoon.
Their time or our time? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (FzgDV) US time. Again "ish" since half a day is nighttime. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (vSvIl) 89
Right now they’re twisting in the wind and every second that passes it gets worse not better, knowing the hammer’s gonna drop.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (IX8iX) 90
Prayers for the people of Iran
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 15, 2026 07:07 PM (x8PQF) 91
Trump showed her a picture of her house. Posted by: Stu Podaso With only her legs showing from underneath it? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth * golf clap * Posted by: mikeski You can get those from Amazon. https://t.ly/3vJki Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:07 PM (pkeXY) 92
L'Enfant Plaza
Known to local as the Fruit Loop. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 07:02 PM See, also, DuPont Circle. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (kgE5c) 93
Their time or our time?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM Does anyone really know what time it is? Posted by: Chicago at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1) 94
But only if Americans get inconvenienced enough and a market crash and civil war is enough to signal the Tribulation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure You should write a book. There's big money in the prophecy game. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (vzcgi) 95
I really want to see a modern day Mussolini-style hanging of the ayatollah
OH FFS I hope the rebels capture him alive Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (ZxPkt) 96
If you think those retards are ignorant about politics, take a look at some of the DIY threads. That place must be responsible for so many injuries/deaths. Then head on down to the electrical engineering area where you'll hear just exactly how stupid real engineers are compared to the graduates of YouTube. It's hilarious and very very sad. Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 07:05 PM (XLfSN) I’m wondering how effective the clickbait scam ads are on here and on YT. Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (0GYGE) 97
Iran will be lucky to launch a wet fart. Billions have been spirited out of Iran and the regime big wigs are heading for the exits.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (0KSrI) 98
Besides, Americans aren't supposed to be inconvenienced at all so when the economy collapses and the Left go on their murder spree unrepelled, then Evangelicals can game the system and force Jesus to return by making it bad enough.
- Eh, believe what you want. You're wildly misrepresenting the good faith efforts of Christians to understand the remaining prophecies in God's word, and I'd rather be counted among them. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (vSvIl) 99
In any case I very much doubt that anyone involved in building it is doing it on his behalf.
I believe that Evangelicals have already got their red heffer and the furniture and garments for a restoration of Temple Worship. I just want to know who is going to sew together the veil that God tore in two. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (a3CJ+) 100
Does anyone really know what time it is?
Posted by: Chicago at January 15, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1) Time to die. Posted by: Roy Batty at January 15, 2026 07:10 PM (CzMNg) Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 07:10 PM (LMRVO) 102
Willowed but Bob Cushman is reporting he has documentation that Walz is smurfing money to other democrat politicians.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 07:06 PM (9KKv0) Of course he is. How else is he getting this level of protection? Why else would they be willing to kick off CW 2? Why else was he the VP candidate? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 07:10 PM (zZu0s) 103
RI Red, yep. Real time and internet aren't the same thing.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:11 PM (0KSrI) 104
Iran will be lucky to launch a wet fart. Billions have been spirited out of Iran and the regime big wigs are heading for the exits.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:09 PM (0KSrI) Come on Ben Had. You are supposed to be a bit more histrionic and frantic. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (zZu0s) 105
Despite the Russians launching three Iranian satellites into space from Russia using the Russian Soyuz booster, the Iranians have no ICBMs just IRBMs. They can still potentially get their missiles to Israel, of course. Even partially enriched uranium is not that radioactive. U-235 has a half life of 704 million years, so it’s not very radioactive. U-238 has a half life of 4.463 billion years. Potassium-40, which is what makes bananas radioactive, has a half life of 1.248 billion years. Potassium-40 is a rare isotope, so there’s not much of it in any one banana, but a truckload of them will set off sensitive detectors.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (APZWP) 106
71 62 All 47 Gay Bars near the Pentagon are empty. Tumbleweeds.
Posted by: Ripped From The Headlines State Dept is working overtime. May be a relatively peaceful transition. Must be near L'Enfant Plaza Stop on the Metro... Posted by: Jackson at January 15, 2026 07:00 PM (38587) Hegsgeth understands tendencies. There was no pizza orders or gay bars the night of the Venezuela thing. There WAS a huge pizza order this week...and nothing happened. He's breaking all the tendencies of the past, so no one will know when the US is acting. Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (tOcjL) 107
There is one way to untie the Gordian Knot of the Mullahocracy.... ask Alexander the Great.
Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 07:12 PM (reMys) 108
>>A lot of short-stroking going on.
>>Relax. It’ll happen when it happens. We're still talking about Iran, right? Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:13 PM (viF8m) 109
Should we stay or should we go???
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:13 PM (pDt9x) 110
Aren't they really more like glorified SCUDS?
(although technically if they can reach the African continent which isn't that far away I guess it'd be correct) Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2026 06:54 PM (Hx0tZ) They are what we would call intermediate range ballistic missiles. I think the same thing they tried to put in Cuba, and the same as our GLCMs. Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (hR36P) 111
Eh, believe what you want. You're wildly misrepresenting the good faith efforts of Christians to understand the remaining prophecies in God's word, and I'd rather be counted among them.
Actually, Dispensationalism is pretty new. Most people ignored Darby, and Scofield's Bible was unknown until people started panicking around WW1 and WW2 and wanted answers from the clergy. The Great Revival proposed Post Millennialism because at that time they thought the whole world would be saved. But that fell apart. All the while, some form of Preterism and at least variations on Amillennialism has capture the minds of billions of Christians since even before St Peter wrote his epistles. Dispensationalism is heretical in a number of ways and is almost exclusively a product of the American Religion. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (a3CJ+) 112
That’s what I really want to know
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (pDt9x) 113
Half of each day's news (80%?) is news debunking all the Fake News.
Posted by: MS POW! at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (qUkBO) 114
79 I hate Iran but I don’t know how this any different than getting involved in Iraq.
Let it fall on its own Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB) A change in the Iranian government will end a 47 year long war we’ve been fighting (whether you realized it or not) while also cutting the heart out of the funding for almost every terror group in the Middle East. And the actual people are already on our side. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (xVja5) 115
I’m a some form of Preterist kinda guy.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (pDt9x) 116
Iranians need their government to get hit somehow that helps the protesters. A military base maybe
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0) 117
Drop Kathleen Kennedy into Tehran, right between the minarets.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD) 118
I remember the Embassy being seized.
Good and hard Mr President. Good and hard. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM (2WIwB) 119
Guess we'll be finding out pretty soon if Iran actually has sleeper terrorist cells here...
Posted by: Bigsmith at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM (1Au9i) 120
Could you imagine if the "plan" was a hybrid of the The Fordow/Natanz/Isfahan precision airstrikes and the Maduro capture?
Like snatch Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and strike all the IRGC bases? If that happens, Trump might actually be recognized as the Kwisatz Haderach and be placed into the top five of candidates for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (gLikB) 121
US Embassy
Beirut bombing Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (XuXeR) 123
Their time or our time?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM I've been thinking about this, Mr. rickb223. If I'm here and you're here, doesn't that make it our time? Certainly, there's nothing wrong with a little pizza feast on our time. Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (wVcYX) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (XuXeR) 125
They are what we would call intermediate range ballistic missiles. I think the same thing they tried to put in Cuba, and the same as our GLCMs.
Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (hR36P) It was pretty hushed up, but in the last go round Iran did score at least one good hit on a US base with a hypersonic missile. We just don’t know how many they have left. (Did they get it from China? Who knows?) Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (xVja5) 126
119 Guess we'll be finding out pretty soon if Iran actually has sleeper terrorist cells here...
____ Allahu akbar! Posted by: Marjorie Taylor Green at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (qUkBO) 127
Will anything happen?
Posted by: The person who always wonders if anything will happen at January 15, 2026 07:18 PM (gO1YK) 128
122 That’s what I really want to know"
Jesus Christ Superstar? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:17 PM (XuXeR) Heh.I was riffing on The Clash. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (pDt9x) 129
Let it fall on its own
Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB) Maybe that takes another 46 years, and thousands (or millions of people) die as a result of their support for terrorism around the world. And maybe they hit us with a dirty bomb or a nuclear device that they cobble together, and 50,000 Americans die. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (n9ltV) 130
Lindsey Graham has a history of saying the dumbest hysterical things I can recall. Him and that blowhard Gowdy did nothing but make the GOPe what they are today. Feckless little dweebs holding hearing after hearing, wasting precious time grandstanding while the left setup a huge network that bankrupted the country and rigged elections. Talking about "Dark money" while our taxes get stolen to pay for our own undoing
You just shut your useless fucking pie hole and get back to hiding under the table. Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (XLfSN) 131
Nothing ever happens.
Posted by: The guy who says nothing ever happens at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (bEnJY) 132
129 Let it fall on its own
Posted by: Maroon at January 15, 2026 07:03 PM (X27AB) Maybe that takes another 46 years, and thousands (or millions of people) die as a result of their support for terrorism around the world. And maybe they hit us with a dirty bomb or a nuclear device that they cobble together, and 50,000 Americans die. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (n9ltV) Yeah, this is The Time of Trump, and the time is now. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (pDt9x) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD) 134
Is this the thread where everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?
Posted by: Tom from Tacoma (14 times) at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (qUkBO) 135
It’s informative to pull up a google map of Iran, satellite view, to get a handle on how big it is, and how many mountain ranges there are. The topography alone makes an attack quite difficult.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (xVja5) 136
That’s what I really want to know
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (pDt9x) We'll be here 'til the end of time. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (n9ltV) 137
133 *looks at Minneapolis*
How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated? Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD) Maybe it already has, and I am serious. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (pDt9x) 138
Wow, Judge in California blocks the Trump admins access to California voter rolls.
So, even though Elections have Yuge Federal Implications, the Feds can't see who is voting... Interesting. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (mP0Kj) 139
There's been an elevated level of activity by Mahan Air. Mahan Air is essentially operated by the IRGC Quds Force. Rats fleeing?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (vzcgi) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (XuXeR) 141
134 Is this the thread where everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?
Posted by: Tom from Tacoma (14 times) at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (qUkBO) Nah, that’s over at Instapundit. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (pDt9x) 142
And maybe they hit us with a dirty bomb or a nuclear device that they cobble together, and 50,000 Americans die.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:19 PM (n9ltV) Another reason securing the border was so important. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (2WIwB) 143
If that happens, Trump might actually be recognized as the Kwisatz Haderach and be placed into the top five of candidates for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump will never receive the Nobel Peace Prize, no matter how much he (already) deserves it. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (APZWP) 144
135 It’s informative to pull up a google map of Iran, satellite view, to get a handle on how big it is, and how many mountain ranges there are. The topography alone makes an attack quite difficult.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (xVja5) We don't need boots on the ground. Just bomb the shit out of infrastructure. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (mP0Kj) 145
There is one way to untie the Gordian Knot of the Mullahocracy.... ask Alexander the Great.
Islam came several centuries after Alexander. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (NzX/y) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (pkeXY) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (NzX/y) Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (gKWVE) 151
I made it easier on myself.
Long ago I limited myself to predicting Trump's next moves. Sometimes I'm on the bullseye, most of the time he surprises me. Most of the time I just watch and learn. Some have mentioned it on here before that you really can't go by the president's words, and only follow his actions. That's true enough. He's the most unpredictable president of my lifetime, probably anybody's lifetime. The only thing you can be sure of is that he prefers quick, deadly, and effective strikes that get to the heart of the matter over any sort of invasion or occupation. And he likes to warn targets, and then telegraph what he's up to for months before he makes his move, usually doing things people never thought he'd do. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (6ydKt) 152
Yeah, this is The Time of Trump, and the time is now.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (pDt9x) There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (xVja5) 153
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What's the buzz, tell me what's a-happening Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:23 PM (pkeXY) Still waiting for Godot, engaging in circular chatter. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (pDt9x) 154
Iran does control lots of bad groups not in their country
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0) 155
The regime falls those sleeper cells will be opening goat kebab food trucks.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (0KSrI) 156
So now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive.
Posted by: Paradise, Dashboard Lights, Some Assembly Required at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (wVcYX) 157
Tom from Tacoma: "Is this the thread where everyone talks about how many times they pee each day?"
This didn't become a Smart Military Blog for nothing. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (gLikB) 158
After watching how Trump and Hegseth handled the precise strike on Iran last year, and the 007-style takedown of Maduro, I have a feeling they have a smart plan for this op as well.
But it's going to be a much more complex operation, whichever way they jump. I remember the 1979 takeover of Iran by the evil Ayatollah Khomeini and his thugs, and the American hostages being held for 444 days -- until the very morning Reagan was inaugurated, and there was finally a pair in the White House again. Once Goober Carter was out, they knew they'd better release them, or else. These guys only respond to force: they're contemptuous of palaver. Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (reMys) 159
Like it or not we are going to be involved with a rebuild of Iran if the mullahs go. The country is a disaster, the economy is broke, inflation is skyrocketing, the don't even have water in Tehran. It's not realistic to think the Shah is going to come in and fix everything.
Probably get help from Gulf countries and maybe even Israel but you know we will be involved at some level. And we already have Venezuela with Cuba tilting. And then there's Greenland. Rubio can only do so many jobs. Planning for the day after is probably taking a bit of time as well. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD) 161
If the Iranians already had a working bomb, it would already be sitting on a boat in New York City harbor.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (APZWP) 162
My take? Qatar is just mouthing the words. Our base there is in play. It's a nice ruse though. Keep the Iran mullahs guessing.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (g8Ew8) 163
Rats fleeing?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:21 PM (vzcgi) Or bringing more thugs from Afghanistan and Lebanon. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (n9ltV) 164
It’s informative to pull up a google map of Iran, satellite view, to get a handle on how big it is, and how many mountain ranges there are. The topography alone makes an attack quite difficult.
Why can't the people trying to overthrow the Mullahs borrow some arms out of that stockpile of American weapons we gratuitously left to Iran's immediate neighbor? Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (NzX/y) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:26 PM (XuXeR) 166
A change in the Iranian government will end a 47 year long war we’ve been fighting (whether you realized it or not) while also cutting the heart out of the funding for almost every terror group in the Middle East.
And the actual people are already on our side. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:15 PM (xVja5) This. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 15, 2026 07:26 PM (zYpTz) 167
So now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive"
The live show endings were....a show Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (XuXeR) 168
There is one way to untie the Gordian Knot of the Mullahocracy.... ask Alexander the Great.
Islam came several centuries after Alexander. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (NzX/y) Damn! That guy was really good! Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (2WIwB) 169
Does Iran still fly Tomcats?
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (h/O4U) 170
Planning for the day after is probably taking a bit of time as well.
How much coastline does Iran have along the Caspian Sea that could host a bunch of Trump resorts and casinos? Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (NzX/y) 171
Go read Pahlavi's plans for Iran and the Cyrus Accords.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:28 PM (0KSrI) 172
Iran does control lots of bad groups not in their country
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:24 PM (Ia/+0) But without logistical and financial support from Iran, they'll wither on the vine. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 07:28 PM (g8Ew8) 173
>>A lot of short-stroking going on.
>>Relax. It’ll happen when it happens. We're still talking about Iran, right? Posted by: JackStraw Mmmmmmaybe Posted by: Billy Squier at January 15, 2026 07:28 PM (Tq3er) 174
I have to imagine Israel has a dossier on every Iranian military officer. I'm hoping the US and IS are trying to get the non-true believers to roll on the government and take them out before we start a campaign.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (mlg/3) 175
They are what we would call intermediate range ballistic missiles. I think the same thing they tried to put in Cuba, and the same as our GLCMs.
Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:14 PM (hR36P) Yes, and no. GLCM = Ground Launched Cruise Missile. A cruise missile is practically the opposite of a ballistic missile. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (hOOi9) 176
The Israelis turned most of the flyable F-14s into scrap last year when they smacked the mullahs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD) Posted by: SecWar at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (i9F1W) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (XuXeR) 179
“Some have mentioned it on here before that you really can't go by the president's words, and only follow his actions.
That's true enough. He's the most unpredictable president of my lifetime, probably anybody's lifetime.” I was noticing last night that if you take Trump’s statements on Iran over the last 2 or 3 days, and look at them all together, not separately, it becomes obvious that he’s been putting out a perfect verbal smokescreen - where anything is possible but nothing is definite. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (xVja5) 180
After watching how Trump and Hegseth handled the precise strike on Iran last year, and the 007-style takedown of Maduro, I have a feeling they have a smart plan for this op as well.
__ That will all be written off as luck if Trump bombs the f*ck out of Iran and the Mullahs are still standing while sleeper cells are shooting and blowing up malls and stadiums all across the USA... Believe me, Democrats are praying for this. Posted by: Nice and Queasy at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (qUkBO) 181
Drop Kathleen Kennedy into Tehran, right between the minarets.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:16 PM Sharif won't like it. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 07:30 PM (Wnv9h) 182
Or bringing more thugs from Afghanistan and Lebanon.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo Possiblu, it's hard to say.A significant amount of the traffic is in and out of Istanbul. F the Turks. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 07:30 PM (vzcgi) 183
Does Iran still fly Tomcats?
Posted by: PA Dutchman ...... when their flying carpets are at the cleaners Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (UjdFS) 184
On the topic of another attack, Kieth Olbermann was obliterated by a group of pro women athletes after he personally attacked one of them on X. It was hilariously brutal.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (KDPiq) 185
There will be destruction of the oil production. That is the road to a financial resurrection.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (0KSrI) 186
The Israelis turned most of the flyable F-14s into scrap last year when they smacked the mullahs.
I bet Maverick could still get one up and earn a few more kills. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (NzX/y) 187
Dirty bomb?
Joey Bidet pooped in his pants again? Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM What am I, projectile penguin poop? Posted by: Gerrold "Jerry" Nadler, (D-NY) at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1) 188
The Iranians should probably go back to some kind of constitutional monarchy.
It's the norm in that area of the world, and they have a long history with a king or emperor in charge. Maybe the Persians could surprise us compared to their dysfunctional Arab and Afghan neighbors. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt) 189
How much coastline does Iran have along the Caspian Sea that could host a bunch of Trump resorts and casinos?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM (NzX/y) Ooh! Resurrect the Ekranoplan and put a high roller poker table in it! Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:32 PM (xVja5) 190
Believe me, Democrats are praying for this.
Posted by: Nice and Queasy at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (qUkBO) Praying for it or participating in it? Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (KDPiq) 191
There be nood cafe.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (WDjG6) 192
I was noticing last night that if you take Trump’s statements on Iran over the last 2 or 3 days, and look at them all together, not separately, it becomes obvious that he’s been putting out a perfect verbal smokescreen - where anything is possible but nothing is definite.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (xVja5) I've never read his books, but I'm sure"Always keep 'em guessing" is in there somewhere. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt) 193
How much coastline does Iran have along the Caspian Sea that could host a bunch of Trump resorts and casinos?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:27 PM Sturgeon farms for Trump brand caviar. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (Wnv9h) 194
I bet Maverick could still get one up and earn a few more kills.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:31 PM This is never a question for The Paolo. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1) 195
Trump will never receive the Nobel Peace Prize, no matter how much he (already) deserves it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 15, 2026 07:22 PM (APZWP) Trump shouldn't WANT to be in the company of many of the others who have be awarded that. It would only legitimize an illegitimate award. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (hOOi9) 196
*looks at Minneapolis*
How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated? Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 07:20 PM (2GVsD) More kablooie and fewer AWFLs. Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (CNBo7) Posted by: Nice and Queasy at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (qUkBO) Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 07:34 PM (UjdFS) 199
There will be destruction of the oil production. That is the road to a financial resurrection.
So what you are saying is that there will be a Renaissance in from well to refinery Oil Industry. American Incels can be lured by Iranian Chick Lighting Cigarette into being roughneck contractors. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:36 PM (NzX/y) 200
*looks at Minneapolis*
How could you tell if an Iranian sleeper cell activated? It would look like Michael Bay was directing the Insurrection. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (NzX/y) 201
You guys are making it easy for Tucker Carlson to lament MIGA is a higher priority than MAGA.
Some very big US companies have major operations in Israel, including Intel and Apple. If I'm Trump I don't want to have to explain to Tim Cook why I let crazy Muslims blow up the M-series processor design team. Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 07:38 PM (noPDf) 202
Assuming it is correct that a US was called off last night for some reason, that doesn't mean that the attack will happen tonight instead. Unless the massacres actually DO stop, the attack will certainly happen, but probably sometime within the coming week, not necessarily within a day or two.
Everything going on there has obviously been set in motion by Trump, coordinating with Israel, so anybody who thinks he's going to let the Iranian people down, or that this Revolution will not be successful, needs to be treated for TDS. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:39 PM (hOOi9) 203
That will all be written off as luck if Trump bombs the f*ck out of Iran and the Mullahs are still standing while sleeper cells are shooting and blowing up malls and stadiums all across the USA... Believe me, Democrats are praying for this.
Posted by: Nice and Queasy They might just do that themselves regardless of what happens in Iran Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 07:39 PM (/lPRQ) 204
Does Iran still fly Tomcats? Posted by: PA Dutchman ...... when their flying carpets are at the cleaners Posted by: wth Al-Qaeda's fearsome drones - revealed at last! https://t.ly/AMCac Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 07:45 PM (pkeXY) 205
A cruise missile is practically the opposite of a ballistic missile.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 07:29 PM (hOOi9) True that. They served in the same role, though. (And I couldn't remember the IRBMs we did have there at one point. Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (dIUpS) 206
2026 gun b lit af Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 07:55 PM (kgFPv) 207
Trump needs to leave Greenland the hell alone. If they want to join us, fine. But if the citizens are against it we have no business over there.
Posted by: creeper at January 15, 2026 08:11 PM (80oeU) 208
I hope Tousi doesn't end up being our Doomcock of Iran stories.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 08:28 PM (EKyBq) 209
"he prefers quick, deadly, and effective strikes that get to the heart of the matter over any sort of invasion or occupation."
Ergo, the Gordian Knot approach. Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 09:24 PM (reMys) 210
I have no doubt that a lot is going on that is not public. Also I was wondering why no one was mentioning Iran’s threats to launch a massive barrage on Tel Aviv if they were attacked - the threats sounded credible.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 07:04 PM I would be more worried about all the Iranian terrorist sleeper cells that exist in the U.S.A. who came in over the past 4+ years thanks to the third Obama Administration. Has I.C.E. rounded up and deported all of them? I doubt it. Hell I.C.E. can't even stand up to antifa without running away. So instead of worrying about Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel, I'd be worrying about Iranian retaliatory strikes on the U.S.A. by greenlighting their sleeper cells. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 09:30 PM (P5BPp) 211
Ace, where is the paragraph denying that we do Israel's bidding?
Posted by: Mac Fredsonn at January 16, 2026 12:17 AM (Ys9Hz) Who's Funding the Domestic Terrorist and Insurrectionary Groups in the US? Why, George Soros, the Ford Foundation, and Democrat Dark Money Groups, Of CourseWe don't tolerate insurrection in this country. And we don't tolerate anyone who tolerates insurrection. Right? That's why it was justified to hound people who had merely been in chat groups with J6 "paraders," right?Jessica Costescu and Chuck RossThe illustration clearly shows one of the "de-arresters" about to hit the cop over the head, though -- probably on advice of lawyers -- the text claims that an "assault" merely could happen. ![]()
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Why, those fine aliens look like they would share my values.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 15, 2026 05:36 PM (bNf8H) 2
I'm pretty sure the menopausal woman is just hysterical. It's one of the symptoms. She's also at least ten years older than the filter on her phone would have you believe.
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (98kQX) 3
I don't want to listen to any nutcase making a video in their car
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (Nx5jP) 4
Star Trek aliens?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (pkeXY) 5
More crazy eyes
Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (uQzkA) 6
I'm sorta' done with being a cat toy for the left.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (U2OZr) 7
Hola
Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (LdBR/) 8
[Reprising this from the prior thread:]
All of this rioting is to cover up for the criminality of the politicians in Minnesota. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m) ------------- Absolutely. They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations. I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (G0b3R) 9
Well, she seems nice....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (SRRAx) Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (ZcsJV) 11
I'm sorta' done with being a cat toy for the left. Posted by: Martini Farmer I feel like I've been tied to the scratching post. -All men, brother Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (pkeXY) 12
Attacking an officer is a recipe for getting ventilated.
The makers of those action booklets should be arrested for incitement and criminal accessories. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (XV/Pl) 13
Only serious people use Twilight as a reference. Just saying.
Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (uQzkA) 14
The crazy eyes are always a tell, even before they open their yaps.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (9Ovst) 15
Someone is funding terrorism for years, classes on how to disrupt ICE to getting loads of bricks delivered on a city street before a riot
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0) 16
That's our Jane D'oh! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (x4Mz/) 17
>>> 12 Attacking an officer is a recipe for getting ventilated.
The makers of those action booklets should be arrested for incitement and criminal accessories. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (XV/Pl) You're gonna need a bigger ICE. Or, you could offer bounties. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (ULPxl) 18
Speaking of filters, crazy, and crazy eyes, check this out:
https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170 "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time". So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) 19
At what age, exactly, does that scrunt think that menopause begins?
Because there is such a thing as pre-menopause, which starts at around 40 for some women. Is that chick planning on having any more kids? If not, why does she care about starting menopause? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (SRRAx) 20
They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations.
I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (G0b3R) --- Unfortunately, there are far too many judges that are in on the scheme. Get THOSE guys off the bench and then you have a chance of taking the real money men down. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (ESVrU) 21
A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists: ============= Threats are nice. Action is nicer. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (x4Mz/) 22
tactic 2 Pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on
an arrestee. Often combined with "tactic 1" this tactic is probably the most risky as it requires physi- cal contact with an officer which could lead to assault on an officer charges or escalate the LEO response Go ahead. Touch a cop. That's automatic aggravated assault, regardless of whether you used a weapon or not. And really screw up and do it to a state trooper. Because those guys play less than Fed do. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (FzgDV) 23
>>> 18
== "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time". So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) This is in some "blue" city, right? Because if not, why aren't the local cops arresting the dumb bint? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (ULPxl) 24
If I were an LEO I think I would be just as happy taking in a self-deputized de-arrester as the original perp.
I'll just grab you. Excellent choice! Excellent choice! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (Q4cxx) 25
From the 'de-arresting 'zine'"
"Being arrested can have drastic negative life altering affects, especially for targeted populations like people who aren't white, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and certain radicals." Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (0sNs1) 26
When I said Tim Walz Indicted (No) I thought we were referring to the Somali crap. I suppose he could do any number of things to get indicted though. I'll stick with no but with this retard who knows.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (E0p3T) 27
Ahhhhh!!! Dark Money! The bane of our precious democracy!
Except, it's okay for the Dems to utilize that in service to our precious democracy. Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (5yDGQ) 28
Here's a crazy thought...
What if the woman in the last video is on so many drugs for her various mental maladies that THEY are triggering her body to go into menopause? Don't some of those drugs affect hormone levels? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU) 29
>>> 24 If I were an LEO I think I would be just as happy taking in a self-deputized de-arrester as the original perp.
I'll just grab you. Excellent choice! Excellent choice! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:44 PM (Q4cxx) You can't arrest me! ICE doesn't have jurisdiction over citizens!! I'm a Legal Observer!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!! Posted by: Zombie Karen Deathwheels at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (ULPxl) 30
I shouldn't have watched that video while eating, almost choked from laughing at her.
She hasn't thought her anger and TDS has more to do with it than President Trump really has. Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0) 31
She seems nice.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (xbncC) 32
The lastest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early🤣😂
-------------- So, you're saying that there'll no longer be blood coming out of their eyes, or blood coming out of there ... wherever? [h/t DJT] Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (G0b3R) 33
Only serious people use Twilight as a reference. Just saying. Posted by: NCKate Twilight ZONE, maybe. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (pkeXY) 34
George Soros, the Ford Foundation, and Democrat Dark Money Groups work for and closely with the federal government.
At least the ones who get money from NED and help fund NGOs. Is this surprising? Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (rbvCR) 35
At some point, you have to just start cracking heads, otherwise you have de facto abdicated your authority.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (6Uni8) 36
Single guys stay well clear of any single moms. That row has already been hoed.
Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (uQzkA) 37
Speaking of filters, crazy, and crazy eyes, check this out:
https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170 "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time". So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) --- Posting like a pro! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (Q4cxx) 38
Why pass laws only to attack the people who enforce them?
Oh that's right. This is different. Somehow. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (RIvkX) 39
As long as they don't call themselves 'Antifa" it's all good.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (/lPRQ) 40
>>> 35 At some point, you have to just start cracking heads, otherwise you have de facto abdicated your authority.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (6Uni Deputize some Morons. Posted by: Zombie Karen Deathwheels at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (ULPxl) 41
Oooops.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: resistance trainer at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (98kQX) 43
At some point, we are going to have to just start ending people. The civilian legal system was not set up to prosecute this.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (FzgDV) 44
Sure would be nice for some actual consequences for said funding
Posted by: A dude in MI at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (/6GbT) 45
All this to cover up the massive fraud, very likely including the Gov, AG, Minneapolis mayor, judges (some twat reversed jury conviction).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (Dv3i1) 46
How much money did Soros pay Renee Good paid?
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (zj3ZI) 47
>>> 43 At some point, we are going to have to just start ending people. The civilian legal system was not set up to prosecute this.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (FzgDV) Hi! Posted by: Insurrection Act at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: Provided as a public service at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (xbncC) Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (rj6Yv) 50
Jane D'oh cracking heads on the twatters
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (RIvkX) 51
>>> Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 15, 2026 05:48 PM (zj3ZI)
Soros is no Jussie Smollet, timwalz. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (ULPxl) 52
I learned the Fidelity Foundation supported No Kings. Every time I am contacted by Fidelity, I explain to them why I will not do any new business with them.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (wBaIH) 53
20 They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations.
I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (G0b3R) --- Unfortunately, there are far too many judges that are in on the scheme. Get THOSE guys off the bench and then you have a chance of taking the real money men down. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel ======= Nope, tax all foundations, ngos, etc. at 50 percent rate per annum to eliminate any that do political activism. The right will get hit somewhat but such a tax would kill the left ngo universe, they would have to quickly decide between their own salaries or bullshit activism making life worse for Americans. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (WDjG6) 54
We've been looking forward to the Insurrection Act for years. The EOs from his first term will take care of the funding.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (dfgzq) 55
I went through my teenage years with a buddy who was a delinquent and was in and out of legal trouble. His father was dead and his mother compensated by always bailing him out of any mess he got himself into.
Breaking the law was all fun and games until--hee hee!--he opened up the back door of a police car to let a buddy escape. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (Q4cxx) 56
If ICE is causing batshit crazy Karens to have early menopause then we need a shitload more ICE agents.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m) 57
>>> A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists:
Would be a shame if they both 'died' during arrest. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (/lPRQ) 58
The ford foundation is still getting usaid money from taxpayers under the "democracy delivers" initiative. Trump needs to stop those payments now.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 05:51 PM (0N4FZ) 59
‘ At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration.’
Climate change you say? What does “climate change” have to do with ICE enforcement and illegal Somali CHUDs? Ya know, it’s almost as if all these leftwing groups are just fronts for violent communism, and the label they put on it is just lipstick on the pig pretext. Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 05:51 PM (vGaW9) 60
28 Here's a crazy thought...
What if the woman in the last video is on so many drugs for her various mental maladies that THEY are triggering her body to go into menopause? Don't some of those drugs affect hormone levels? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel ==== Evil self centered awful person is the other explanation. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:51 PM (WDjG6) 61
>>> 56 If ICE is causing batshit crazy Karens to have early menopause then we need a shitload more ICE agents.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m) Deputize the Horde. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:52 PM (ULPxl) 62
31 She seems nice.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (xbncC) Yes, yes she does..... ***Comment #9**** Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 05:52 PM (SRRAx) 63
42 You have to scoop and run, you idiots. Scoop and run.
https://tinyurl.com/4nsh2ud2 Posted by: resistance trainer at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM She seems nice. Posted by: Bonus: neck tattoo at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (xbncC) 64
If ICE is causing batshit crazy Karens to have early menopause then we need a shitload more ICE agents.
Posted by: JackStraw Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it. Signed: Kaiser Permanente Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (FzgDV) 65
I'm glad these deranged lunatics are advertising themselves on TikTok, etc., because it will make it easier to find them when the burning times come.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (XMwZJ) 66
At some point, you have to just start cracking heads, otherwise you have de facto abdicated your authority.
Posted by: XTC Arm the QRF with submachine guns and old school maces with the deep flanges (for more effective skull cracking goodness). Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:53 PM (/lPRQ) 67
Unfortunately, there are far too many judges that are in on the scheme. Get THOSE guys off the bench and then you have a chance of taking the real money men down.
--- That's why I'm going to start calling them cartel judges and not clown judges. They are not stupid, they are just working for someone else. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 05:54 PM (HXT0k) 68
The women shown here are blindingly white. They look pretty comfortably well off. I want to believe that it’s just a hobbyist fad that they are indulging. Lie to me if you must.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:54 PM (pDt9x) 69
I think the evocation of the Insurrection act would leave ample room for a RICO investigation as to who funded the uprising.
That's why I think Walz is shifting to peace. He could even have been ordered to change his tone. As long as he could continue to drone on about how this is not right and so on. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:54 PM (Q4cxx) 70
Hey sweetheart, that's not menopause. The rechargeable batteries in your Chinese dildo are overheating and the realistic texture skin is made from toxic substances. That and your cat has been pissing on it because he doesn't like competition.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (vzcgi) 71
RICO the fuck out these bastards. Arrest them, no bail. Seize their assets.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (n5tGW) 72
Is this trend of screaming hysterically into phone camera going to ever end?
Shut up. All of you crazy assholes might as well be shouting into a mirror. What a stupid time to be alive. Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (XLfSN) 73
‘ criminal illegal alien from Laos’
Is it just me, or are scumbags from this shithole area very disproportionately represented in these roundups? Laos women are hot, though. Judge Blade would be … conflicted. Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (vGaW9) 74
Here's a crazy thought...
What if the woman in the last video is on so many drugs for her various mental maladies that THEY are triggering her body to go into menopause? Don't some of those drugs affect hormone levels? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU) -------------- That and/or a couple dozen abortions? Also, you know how a group of women who spend a lot of time together will eventually develop synchronized menstrual cycles following the dominant female? Perhaps it also happens if they have a couple dozen menstruating cats? We're gonna need a new ICD-10 Diagnosis Code (and Muldoon Limerick): PMMS (Pre-Mature-Menstrual Syndrome). Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (G0b3R) 75
Don't forget Neville Singham, the CCP terrorist middleman in Singapore.
But also, you and I are funding these via tax dollars to NGOs. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (HXT0k) 76
>>> 57 A Deputy Attorney General threatens that Frey and Walz are eligible for criminal prosecution as terrorists
Would be a shame if they both 'died' during arrest. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:50 PM (/lPRQ) Frey might be just barely smart enough to surrender. I think timmeh knows he's fcked if he gets busted. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (ULPxl) 77
Crazy eyes - ✓
Bird hands - ✓ Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (XeU6L) 78
2 I'm pretty sure the menopausal woman is just hysterical. It's one of the symptoms. She's also at least ten years older than the filter on her phone would have you believe.
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (98kQX) ----- That's a good catch. She is using a filter. I was focused on her crazy eyes and her femrage so I missed the filter part. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (aZm/F) 79
May all of these AWFLs enter menopause at 17.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:56 PM (pDt9x) 80
At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground.
--- They are holding off the ICE age. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (Q4cxx) 81
If you are wondering if the Trump administration is mapping the money networks.
>>@EricLDaugh · 3h >>🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller reveals federal agents are HUNTING DOWN the leftist insurrection network as each arrest is made in Minneapolis >>"This is a national security priority! Each arrest gives us an opportunity to learn about the network." >>GOOD. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m) 82
Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (2ap+5) 83
If naughty backers of insurrectionists are funneling money from foreign countries for promoting riotous behavior, pulling their passports as flight risks makes sense.
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (rj6Yv) 84
>>> 70 Hey sweetheart, that's not menopause. The rechargeable batteries in your Chinese dildo are overheating and the realistic texture skin is made from toxic substances. That and your cat has been pissing on it because he doesn't like competition.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (vzcgi) ME NO WANT HALP Posted by: menopause chick's cat at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (ULPxl) 85
81 If you are wondering if the Trump administration is mapping the money networks.
>>@EricLDaugh · 3h >>🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller reveals federal agents are HUNTING DOWN the leftist insurrection network as each arrest is made in Minneapolis >>"This is a national security priority! Each arrest gives us an opportunity to learn about the network." >>GOOD. Posted by: JackStraw ------ Good. We will see then what the RESIST! judges do. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (WDjG6) 86
Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente Posted by: rickb223 ------- Possible Thread Winner Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 05:58 PM (XeU6L) 87
Tim, one of Modern Masculinity's pillars, has spoken:
"I am making a direct appeal to the President: Let's turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of retribution. This is not who we are. And an appeal to Minnesotans: I know this is scary. We can - we must - speak out loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That's what he wants. -- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ" Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1) 88
Yeah, its no coincidence things went vertical in MN once they started honing in on the fraud. A lot of this MN terror orgs are probably getting a good cut of that money.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (n5tGW) 89
>>> 82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (2ap+5) Bullshit! Posted by: Doomcock at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (s0JqF) 91
I'm so thankful my wife doesn't record herself while acting like a fuckin retard. That shit is so repulsive. In what world is that not the behavior of an insane individual? It's 100 percent penis repellent. ... And these cunts wonder, "where are all the good men.. ?"
Retards Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (XLfSN) 92
ME NO WANT
HALP Posted by: menopause chick's cat at January 15, 2026 05:57 PM (ULPxl) ------- HA! Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (aZm/F) 93
Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x) 94
A Minnesota Karen and a sovereign citizen walk into a bar...
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (2UnvF) 95
That chicks eyes in the last video. Damn, thats not a dolls eyes.
Ever seen photos of John Brown? Stonewall Jackson? You can feel the heat of their gaze, a hundred years later. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (zZu0s) 96
82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms. Posted by: Oglebay After she trashed to place for offending her sensibilities. And Iger let it happen. He is really an awful CEO that should have been defenestrated with extreme prejudice by Disney shareholders years ago. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (WDjG6) 97
Another group that operates its own ICE sighting hotline, Copal MN, has received $50,000 from the Tides Foundation and an additional $185,000 from the Sixteen Thirty Fund.
--- Ah, up until that sentence, I was wondering where Tides was in all this. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (Q4cxx) 98
I know this is scary. We can - we must - speak out
loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That's what he wants. -- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ" Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:58 PM (0sNs1) ====== I can imagine Walz shouting this into a mic while waving his Jazz Hands. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (rj6Yv) 99
Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x) Prime Christina Hendricks rack was almost scary huge. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s) 100
‘ criminal illegal alien from Laos’
Is it just me, or are scumbags from this shithole area very disproportionately represented in these roundups? Laos women are hot, though. Judge Blade would be … conflicted. Posted by: Elric the Blade Quick image bing on "Laos women" indicates that crazy-hot laos women are waiting for YOU! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (/lPRQ) 101
91 I'm so thankful my wife doesn't record herself while acting like a fuckin retard. That shit is so repulsive. In what world is that not the behavior of an insane individual? It's 100 percent penis repellent. ... And these cunts wonder, "where are all the good men.. ?"
Retards Posted by: melodicmetal ======= Internet is forever and is now serving as a warning system for men to avoid sticking their dick in crazy. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (WDjG6) 102
>>> 96
== After she trashed to place for offending her sensibilities. And Iger let it happen. He is really an awful CEO that should have been defenestrated with extreme prejudice by Disney shareholders years ago. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:00 PM (WDjG6) I'm beginning to wonder if shareholder voting is as secure as the 2020 election. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (ULPxl) 103
82 Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay Good, but I hope we don't get a Disney thread.. How many times can I say Die Mouse Die ... Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (VE6XX) 104
Crazy Bitch has to be on serious medication
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (Ia/+0) 105
Speaking of post-menopausal women in the news - Kathleen Kennedy is leaving Lucasfilms.
Posted by: Oglebay --- Her last official action will be burning the building down and the film archives and salting the ashes. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (Q4cxx) 106
“ Looks askance at Aetius “
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x) 107
I wonder how many legitimate daycare centers the Dems could fund with all this cash going towards the revolution?
Apparently none of the Dems ask themselves this question. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt) 108
Deputize
the Horde. Posted by: Helena Handbasket We'll need to find something else to do on the 2nd day. Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (DsA2n) 109
"Serpentine, Sidney!" - as you flee the rabid Karen
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (Q0yOR) 110
98 I know this is scary. We can - we must - speak out
loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That's what he wants. -- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ" Hey Tim.. That is not what Trump wants.. It's what you want.. Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (VE6XX) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (pkeXY) 112
Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente Posted by: rickb223 ------- Possible Thread Winner Posted by: Mike Hammer Possible?? That's HOF worthy. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (vzcgi) 113
Maybe I’m crazy but I think, if an outlet is going to publish a story about someone being shot by a federal agent, they should include the fact that said person was attacking said agent with a shovel in the headline/sub.
If our jobs were journalism, don't you think we'd do journalism? Is there any measure by which you'd say we're journalists? Posted by: Journalists at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (c3xE6) 114
We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That's what he wants.
-- MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ" --------- Timmy, you are not 'fanning the flames of chaos', you are maifestly the flames of chaos. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (XeU6L) 115
Dear Lord. Just heard about Nieds on X. Please pray for her.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (th/4a) 116
>>> 107 I wonder how many legitimate daycare centers the Dems could fund with all this cash going towards the revolution?
Apparently none of the Dems ask themselves this question. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt) Other things too; for example, medical care for old folks. Good thing Sarah Palin was wrong about death panels! Pay no attention to that MAID behind the curtain. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (ULPxl) 117
Nieds????
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (pDt9x) 118
SSRIs man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (zZu0s) 119
I've been thinking about something....
The vast majority of the people protesting, the really crazy ones, are middle aged liberal women. The liberal women often don't have a spouse. Or kids. With feminism they are no longer treated as something to be protected, but just like everyone else. Secretly they hate this. They want to feel special and important. They also don't have a man in their life they can order to protect them. They feel frightened by this. Frightened by society who doesn't give a shit about them. So, they conjure up demons to slay and decide to go into battle themselves. They imagine, whatever their antics, that the ICE men will...notice them. and differ to them. And never harm them, no matter how stupid they act. And it's all just a cry for attention. A cry for protection, to be made to feel special. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (tV890) Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt) 121
>>> 108
== We'll need to find something else to do on the 2nd day. Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (DsA2n) MoMees! MoMees everywhere! Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (ULPxl) 122
I wonder how many legitimate daycare centers the Dems could fund with all this cash going towards the revolution?
Apparently none of the Dems ask themselves this question. And we respect their decision. Posted by: The GOPe at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (c3xE6) 123
“ Looks askance at Aetius “
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x) I want to face the danger. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (zZu0s) 124
99 Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x) Prime Christina Hendricks rack was almost scary huge. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can Posted by: Sir Galahad at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (44PAK) 125
18 Speaking of filters, crazy, and crazy eyes, check this out:
https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170 "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time". So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) Something tells me she didn't require that of the dude that knocked her up. She's just another 304. Posted by: Christian men step up and marry them! at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (TbWk/) 126
36 NCKate, I believe the expression is "That hoe has already been plowed."
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (wBaIH) 127
I'm beginning to wonder if shareholder voting is as secure as the 2020 election.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket ========= Problem is allowing State Street, Vanguard, and Blackrock to vote shares entrusted to them. They should be required to get buyin from fund holders which would stop a lot of do gooderism using other people's money. Same with DEI, the fund managers are forcing the companies to walk the plank despite causing losses to the actual fund owners. They can spend their own damn money doing that shit but like government types, demand the right to use other people's money to do that. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (WDjG6) 128
112 Dear early menopause Karen's, just rub some ICE on it.
Signed: Kaiser Permanente Posted by: rickb223 ------- lol My favorite part: Kaiser Permanente. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (aZm/F) 129
Nieds????
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (pDt9x Not sure. Maybe Niedermeyers dead horse? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:06 PM (zZu0s) 130
And it's all just a cry for attention. A cry for protection, to be made to feel special.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:04 PM (tV890) --- I'd guess you're on to something. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:06 PM (Q4cxx) 131
Dem thinking: We need to raise $100 million to elect Ds to congress so they can pass a bill that will fund $5 million in daycares in Minnesota.
It never occurs to them to simply spend the $100 million they raised funding daycare. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890) 132
The latest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early...
So, what is your point Bitch ????? Not necessary a bad thing that you do not have any Liberal Loser Babies that grow Up to be a Nonbinary idiot.... Posted by: Jackson at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (speX7) 133
>>> 115 Dear Lord. Just heard about Nieds on X. Please pray for her.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 15, 2026 06:03 PM (th/4a) Niedermeyer's Dead Horse? I can't find anything in recent threads, what's going on? Sending prayers because He will know... Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (ULPxl) 134
People worry about Somalians a lot but I saw a list last week that DHS put out with the worst offenders they'd picked up in MN the previous week.
The majority of them were men from Laos accused of sexual assault, some with minors. Laotian men are apparently the biggest pigs on the planet if the arrests across the country are anything to go on. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt) 135
I saw a leftist woman about my age on X yesterday who had cut off her daughter, her best friend of 50 years, and other members of her family because they just didn't understand the adventure she was on, as if it was some grand trip around the world. They are crazed.
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (98kQX) 136
Something tells me she didn't require that of the dude that knocked her up. She's just another 304. Posted by: Christian men step up and marry them! at January 15, 2026 06:05 PM (TbWk/) I like the cleavage, but that video is filtered to fuck and back. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s) 137
The latest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early..
You're Not F**kable anyway....... No Loss.... Posted by: Mike Hunt at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (Yh9dY) 138
Timmy, you are not 'fanning the flames of chaos', you are maifestly the flames of chaos. Posted by: Mike Hammer He's a chaotic flamer. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (pkeXY) 139
Time to feed the critters.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (ULPxl) 140
Until you hear ‘Twenty dollars, same as in town.’ it ain’t a date.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (o2ZRX) 141
Laotian men are apparently the biggest pigs on the planet if the arrests across the country are anything to go on.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt) ====== Not to mention their non-compliance when it comes to state and federal game laws. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (rj6Yv) 142
So, they conjure up demons to slay and decide to go into battle themselves. They imagine, whatever their antics, that the ICE men will...notice them. and differ to them. And never harm them, no matter how stupid they act.
And it's all just a cry for attention. A cry for protection, to be made to feel special. Posted by: El Mariachi ====== Or they are bat shit crazy and evil. Occam's razor. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (WDjG6) Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:09 PM (Q4cxx) 144
The wimminz is getting crazier. I mean, we've always had "man, bitchez be CRAZY" over beers at the sports bar, but this seems to be a growing phenomenon. I suspect it is due, in part, to the removal of all containment of the darker and more destructive aspects of female nature legally, culturally, and even religiously, in combination with the normalization, even glorification, of pathological behaviors as being a stronk independent woman.
Posted by: Raging balls of unbridled Id at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (TbWk/) 145
Soros and his ilk are funding the training, and the training includes physically interfering with ICE making lawful arrests (of rapists/murders/etc.) ... then they are funding the terror = funding terrorism.
Q.E.D. Arrest them and confiscate assets, to pay for all damages (times three, treble damages). And then jail them for terrorism, and hate crimes against ... America, especially white America. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (vbXSk) 146
More crazy eyes
Posted by: NCKate at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (uQzkA) Yeah, I noticed that about Menopause Karen, too. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (pJWtt) 147
If you need a filter to be on camera, you're too homely to be on Tik Tok, Instagram, or whatever.
Get back under the porch and stop shaming your family. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (44PAK) 148
The latest strain of TDS is making Liberal Women start their menopause early..
--- Their own vagina is in revolt of their unused femininity. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (Q4cxx) 149
"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".
So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM How much for a half & half? Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (ESTdS) 150
So I guess every woman nowadays doesn't consider a car test drive complete until she films a TikTok video in it.
Posted by: Gotta wonder at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (xbncC) 151
tactic 2 is also known as "Obstruction" and/or "Assault".
It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (gLikB) 152
Deputize
the Horde. Posted by: Helena Handbasket We'll need to find something else to do on the 2nd day. Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks Oregon. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (FzgDV) 153
That last one; she seemed nice . . . .in a psychotic sort of way.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (7aGEe) 154
93 Any adult male using the term “ scary” gets the side-eye.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x) +++++ LOL . I love the "campaign of retribution." That's right, Bud, Trump lost the election to you and Kamala and the only thing he has left is to make your life hell. Posted by: washrivergal at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (CZFit) 155
Thing is I'd be perfectly fine with legit protest against Ice. Stand there silently with signs. Or even block the road fr a brief time by holding hands.
The screaming the whistles, the blocking traffic, the endless lies, and confrontations. It is the dishonesty of their protest behavior that makes me say "nah." The filming, the lying, the name calling. They come across as total assholes. Makes me root for the Soylent Green garbage trucks to come along. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (tV890) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (L/fGl) 157
Soros and his ilk are funding the training, and the training includes physically interfering with ICE making lawful arrests (of rapists/murders/etc.) ... then they are funding the terror = funding terrorism.
. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 06:10 PM (vbXSk) --- I hope they trained Karen and her wife that ICE mostly uses rubber bullets, so no worries. That would be a glaring liability. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (Q4cxx) 158
What do you expect from foreign people who are not from western civilization?
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0) 159
I like the cleavage, but that video is filtered to fuck and back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s) Totally. Probably has that weird pointy gaunt hatchet face all the chicks are getting these days. Posted by: Crypt Keeper vibes at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (TbWk/) 160
Large woman who hit menopause achieved orgasm towards the end of the video
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (Oql3v) 161
18 USC 1324 Aiding and abetting Illegal Aliens.
PULL THE FUCKING TRIGGER. As someone died while they were aiding and abetting, you can get 20 years OR the Death Penalty for being part of said conspiracy. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj) 162
Why the fuck are they filming in their cars? because anywhere else someone might hear how batshit crazy they are. yet they put it on the internet....
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (tV890) 163
Machado and Trump in 'Positive' Meeting at WH
Why is Trump talking to Manny Machado from the San Diego Padres ? I don't want him to leave that Baseball team and go to Venezuela... What does a Baseball Player know about governing a country ??? And they call me an Idiot ???? Posted by: Kami Harris at January 15, 2026 06:13 PM (J9q9v) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 06:14 PM (L/fGl) 165
This "de-arresting" bullshit is an instruction book on aiding escape, which is a felony crime in a number of states. Criminal conspiracy at least, maybe RICO, maybe insurrection. They aren't even being subtle about it.
Posted by: Roll all these fuckers up at January 15, 2026 06:16 PM (TbWk/) 166
Lone Watie: How did you know which one was goin' to shoot first?
Josie Wales: But that one on the far left, he had crazy eyes. Always the crazy eyes... Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 06:17 PM (MZ+PY) 167
It cannot be said enough that anti-national activists are also anti-democracy, since they pose as pro-, and it's one of the easiest to expose of their lies.
They are in violent defiance of black-letter law, which was written as bills and passed by our elected legislators, then signed into law by our elected executive. But that's just words; without enforcement, there is no substance of majoritarian popular self-rule, only formal play-acting. Legislators are only the voice of democracy; cops are its hands. To oppose the enforcement of our laws is to oppose democratic self-governance itself, and they do. Posted by: SciVo at January 15, 2026 06:17 PM (Sy6m/) 168
151 tactic 2 is also known as "Obstruction" and/or "Assault".
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM (gLikB) Obstruction of Justice. Aiding and Abetting. Assault. Conspiracy. Incitement to Riot (18 USC 2101) Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 06:17 PM (mP0Kj) 169
A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee," a move the slide says is "probably the most risky as it requires physical contact with an officer."
The anti-ICE protester who was shot in the eye with a less lethal round was rushing toward officers as they arrested someone. I believe he was going to try the "de-arrest" technique. They're saying he won't recover vision in the eye. Video here: http://tiny.cc/bwpx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (Yp6az) 170
156 Well, now we know who is responsible.
https://is.gd/vUbd3t Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 06:12 PM (L/fGl) Blame Canada. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt) 171
I'd add "Indivisible" to the funding tree. They are a unique organization in that you're likely to find a whole lot of the laid off State Dept. and Intelligence community within their ranks. Initially, it was arguably set up by the State Department to initiate "color revolutions" abroad. However, they are now more focused domestically.
Interestingly, they have different facets...and use different non-profit designations on each (501 c4, 501 c3 respectively), but show no discretion in their goals which is displayed prominently on their webpage. They are 100% partisan and in defiance of the current administration. They even note their full support for the Democrat party exclusively. Which would be a violation of their tax free status in bold letters. They, IMO, are probably more devious, covert, and effective than any of the Soros entities. And, they should be treated as such. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (dIske) 172
Which way, Kathleen?
-fool around with Pablo the pool boy in the hot tub -ruin Star Wars Pablo really should have taken one for the team here. Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 06:19 PM (gKWVE) 173
Someday will have to sign up for X
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0) 174
It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Don't forget to thunk their skulls with the flanged mace to calm them down. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (/lPRQ) Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt) 176
151 tactic 2 is also known as "Obstruction" and/or "Assault".
It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:11 PM You said this better than I ever could have, but this. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (xJGPn) 177
Skip. I’m thinking the same thing. Is there X for Dummies if I decide to take the plunge?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2026 06:21 PM (2NHgQ) 178
I have a great comment for 2 threads ago
it was gonna be so good Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt Lol. L'esprit de l'escalier. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s) 179
173 Someday will have to sign up for X
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0) Occasionally crosses my mind, but then I ask myself why bother. Have enough flotsam and jetsam floating around in my brain, and perfectly sufficent time sucks already in place. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (pDt9x) 180
175 I have a great comment for 2 threads ago
it was gonna be so good Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt) L'esprit de'escalier Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (xJGPn) 181
169 A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee," a move the slide says is "probably the most risky as it requires physical contact with an officer."
The anti-ICE protester who was shot in the eye with a less lethal round was rushing toward officers as they arrested someone. I believe he was going to try the "de-arrest" technique. They're saying he won't recover vision in the eye. Video here: http://tiny.cc/bwpx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 06:18 PM (Yp6az You love to see it. If you can, I mean. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (12gd1) 182
A second slide calls for "pulling and pushing an officer off of an arrestee and/or breaking their grip on an arrestee,"
Again, touching a law-enforcement officer is aggravated assault, whether you have a weapon or not. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (FzgDV) 183
175 I have a great comment for 2 threads ago
it was gonna be so good Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt) ++++ It's a tragedy we all have suffered. Posted by: washrivergal at January 15, 2026 06:22 PM (CZFit) 184
Never signed up for any social media
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0) 185
I'll say it again, trump needs to form the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9) 186
60-70 Minneapolis police officers have put in for 20 week paid leave program per Alpha News cited at Hot Air. That city is effed
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (Oql3v) 187
Then: Of course Ashli Babbit had to die. There were people pushing cops at this...this...insurrection!
Now: Obviously federal agents don't have a right to respond if protestor push them, hit them, or drive over them. I mean they are just protecting their neighbors Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (sKqQm) 188
My new puppy obviates the need for any new distractions.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (pDt9x) 189
Geez, we could seize their assets if only we had a an FBI and an Atty General.
Posted by: susan harms at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (Kkd7F) 190
Jinx, caligirl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s) 191
I have no doubt that Neville Roy Singham is involved in funding this. And he gets all of his money from the CCP.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (uWKK8) 192
190 Jinx, caligirl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s) I owe you a coke. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:25 PM (xJGPn) 193
Are you guys following this Amelia thing?
The british government made some woke video game where you role play various interactions as a college student. One of them is interacting with an anti-immigration activist who happens to be a pretty goth girl. And EngSoc was shocked to find people endorsing Amelia and declaring their love for her...because apparently EngSoc does not know pretty goth girls are popular on the ijnternet... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:25 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L) 195
185 I would assist with that, toot sweet.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (Q0yOR) 196
186 60-70 Minneapolis police officers have put in for 20 week paid leave program per Alpha News cited at Hot Air. That city is effed
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:23 PM (Oql3v) Good.. They just get in the way Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (VE6XX) 197
I have given up on the Trump Administration in terms of draining the swamp.
Every single one of his people talk big but do nothing. His foreign policy rocks. I fail to understand why Trump subdues all of our foreign enemies but stands by doing nothing about the Enemy Within which has done orders of magnitude more damage in five years than all of our enemies combined have done to us to date. Why have a super military when sub-retarded morons can steal trillions from us and arch-criminals can do any damned thing they want with zero fear of consequences? At this point, with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes? April 15th is coming up. How many people are coming to the same conclusion? Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (BvPIe) 198
Well, ya know. For the paltry sum of...oh...say...$5 million, I could put together a group of counter protesters and would bring an end to this kerfluffel. One week..two tops.
And I'd refund the unused portion. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (2WIwB) 199
It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.
Remember the head of Proud Boys was arrested even though he wasn't in the J6 protests. Same standard here right? Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:27 PM (sKqQm) 200
Just to be clear, most of the money is stolen taxpayer money via NGOs, and it is used not only to fund terrorism but also the democrat party.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (9KKv0) 201
https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170 "this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time". So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) --- Posting like a pro! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (Q4cxx) there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK8) 202
there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK Thats my problem most of the time here. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:29 PM (snZF9) 203
OK screw it
I've been watching Landman from the first. Great show, except all the exterior shots are kinda orange. Anyway, "Angela Norris" is not an AWFL in my opinion. She's more like a trophy wife, over-sexed, spoiled, fiercely protective of her offspring, likes spending Tommy's money. The only SJW thing she's done in the show is take some nursing home residents on occasional field trips- strip club, bowling, casino, etc. Ali Larter is the actress. Hotter than hell. Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt) 204
At this point, with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?
April 15th is coming up. How many people are coming to the same conclusion? Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (BvPIe) You are beginning to realize that foreign policy is a far easier area for a President to be effective in, because foreign policy is not subject to the whims of 870 separate Federal Judges. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (uWKK8) 205
Come on guys let loose, we delecate flowers of femininity can take it.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (2NHgQ) 206
there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK She's a skanky whore, there I said it and I didn't even read the post. Also, leftist women have really messed up our country. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (xJGPn) 207
It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves.
Trump has zero interest in incarcerating American Citizens. I'm wondering how many dead ICE officers there are going to be. It seems that the Left have reason to believe that they are bullet proof despite the Nicole Good incident, because the Administration refuses to do anything more than issue out Sick Burnz and send in more agents to get beat up and shot. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (BvPIe) 208
>>"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".
So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (ZcsJV) 209
Thomas Paine: "...and it is used not only to fund terrorism but also the democrat party."
But you repeat yourself. Not really kidding here. MN is an ongoing insurrection. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:31 PM (gLikB) 210
His foreign policy rocks. I fail to understand why Trump subdues all of our foreign enemies but stands by doing nothing about the Enemy Within which has done orders of magnitude more damage in five years than all of our enemies combined have done to us to date.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:26 PM (BvPIe) yeah, thats a big piss off. I hear well it takes time, and this and that, and well rome wasn't built in a day. yeah, well it fucking burned down in one, where's the god damn torches. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (snZF9) 211
>>>The illustration clearly shows one of the "de-arresters" about to hit the cop over the head, though -- probably on advice of lawyers -- the text claims that an "assault" merely could happen.
I don't care. Arrest the authors, the distributors, the funders, their lawyers, everyone. Let them prove their defenses in court. Because it is rapidly becoming time where such resorts - being one way and otherwise fruitless - will give way to less desirable processes for everyone involved. This is kind of the last chance, or at least it feels that way. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (XuXeR) 213
It's well past time to bring in a semi-trailer, paddy wagon and corral the entire assemblage as the coven of conspirators that it is and run them through the legal gauntlet they insist upon themselves. Use the takings from the Somali fraud and finance the assembly line of prosecutions this lawlessness demands.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Awe. He should feel lucky he didn't beaned with the two-handed flanged mace. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:32 PM (/lPRQ) 214
there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK Thats my problem most of the time here. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 06:29 PM (snZF9) *** Ditto. Although my AI meter is twitching. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB) 215
Two thoughts about the new Star Trek Kids:
1) Was George Takei "out" when he worked in the original series? 3) I'm sure a lesbian actress would have been in the original series, as long as she looked hot with a plunging neckline, miniskirt, and go-go boots. And had been willing to sleep with Gene Roddenberry, of course. Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (BHrzb) 216
with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?"
Feels good being treated as a sucker, huh? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR) 217
"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time".
So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) _________________________ Tell me you couldn't have fun messing with her. Work together and Excel sheet showing costs you are willing to spend, then start deducting based on looks, attitude, potential annoyance, hygiene, age, mental acuity. When it's all said and done, she'd owe you about $200 to take her out. And, include a service fee of a standard 10%. Send her an email with a bill for $220.00 with a mileage charge to be determined. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 06:34 PM (dIske) 218
And EngSoc was shocked to find people endorsing Amelia and declaring their love for her...because apparently EngSoc does not know pretty goth girls are popular on the ijnternet...
Posted by: 18-1 Most are doing it just to fvck with the system. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:35 PM (/lPRQ) 219
https://x.com/lex_node/status/2011777676931928170
"this single mom is blowing up on tiktok for creating a "date deposit app" so she will only date men who pre deposit her "date preparation costs" ahead of time". So she wants to be paid like an, um, "Lady of the Night"? Take heed, gents! Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (9Ovst) --- Posting like a pro! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (Q4cxx) there are decent ladies present, so I won't say most of the things that come to mind at seeing that. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 06:28 PM (uWKK The putative app allows ladies to haggle over price? How about zero, and no essence either. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 06:36 PM (dK+Kv) 220
When it's all said and done, she'd owe you about $200 to take her out. And, include a service fee of a standard 10%.
$5000 plus gratuity Posted by: Deandre Holmes at January 15, 2026 06:36 PM (sKqQm) 221
Kathleen Kennedy appears to have stepped down as of today. Doomcock was finally correct
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:36 PM (Oql3v) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:37 PM (XuXeR) 223
Can I petition we formally always refer to the current British government as EngSoc from now on?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 06:37 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 15, 2026 06:38 PM (BHrzb) 225
You are beginning to realize that foreign policy is a far easier area for a President to be effective in, because foreign policy is not subject to the whims of 870 separate Federal Judges.
This is a pattern with ALL presidents. They dabble in domestic affairs, discover the hard way that the Regulatory And Bureaucratic Branch of the Fe'ral Government is the most powerful branch in Government then realize to have any meaningful legacy they need to beat up some weak or relatively harmless group of foreigners. Syria, Libya, Bosnia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Grenada. No one with actual fighting skills or any resemblance of a military. That is why the Iran hit surprised the world. Americans normally don't take on anyone stronger than the local NRA shooting club. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (nAS9C) 226
Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.
Posted by: garrett Sometimes they want your house. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (FzgDV) 227
Itinerant Alley Butcher: "He should feel lucky he didn't beaned with the two-handed flanged mace."
We're not animals. Vaporizing their bank accounts and sending them off to PMITA Federal Prison with bologna sandwiches and one pillow is punishment enough. Unless ICE/BP agents get killed in which case the "freedom fighting alien alliance" should simply pray that extended mace on face is all they get. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:40 PM (gLikB) 228
Gnood
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 06:41 PM (Oql3v) Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (ZxPkt) 230
This is kind of the last chance, or at least it feels that way.
I wonder if there is anyone with the balls to confront this Administration and simply ask When Americans see that you are weak and pathetic, refuse to enforce the laws and let evil, sedition, insurrection and wholesale plunder to go unfettered what will you do when Heritage Americans do the job you refuse to do? Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 06:43 PM (nAS9C) 231
with not a single person in political power actively stopping the rot and destruction, why pay taxes?"
Feels good being treated as a sucker, huh? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 06:33 PM (XuXeR) ----- Livestock. We're treated as livestock. Some are milked for all they're worth, and some are fleeced. Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2026 06:44 PM (Hx0tZ) 232
I've been watching Landman from the first. Great show, except all the exterior shots are kinda orange.....
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt) Tell me you've never been to Midland/Lubbock/Amarillo, Texas without telling me that. "Amarillo" is Spanish for "yellow". Wanna know why the town is named that? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 06:45 PM (SRRAx) 233
I've been watching Landman from the first. Great show, except all the exterior shots are kinda orange.....
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt) Tell me you've never been to Midland/Lubbock/Amarillo, Texas without telling me that. "Amarillo" is Spanish for "yellow". Wanna know why the town is named that? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, Better than Brownsville. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (XeU6L) 235
well rome wasn't built in a day. yeah, well it fucking burned down in one, where's the god damn torches.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division I want accountability. If it doesn't come and we continue to watch the defenestration of the rule of law, then I want scalps. I want scalps hanging from my lodge pole. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (vzcgi) 236
226 Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.
Posted by: garrett Sometimes they want your house. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 06:39 PM (FzgDV) Ah, yes- the punchline to that old joke, "What do a tornado and a divorce have in common?" Answer: Someone is gonna end up losing a house 🤣🤣🤣 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (SRRAx) 237
Every Break Up I have ever had devolved into a whore wanting to be paid for services rendered.
Posted by: garrett Stop picking up "ladies" down by the docks. Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh at January 15, 2026 06:48 PM (oftw2) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 06:49 PM (XeU6L) 239
"Good's wife, Becca Good,"
---- I know why the MSM uses this language, but we don't have to accept it. They are "halo"ing this woman by wrapping her in the comforting language of home and family. Mentally, and actually if you can, edit it to " lesbian partner". Factual, and not viewed as especially pejorative by most readers. If they were actually married (in a state that does that) add "married in {state}" Let's not normalized our opponents. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (ibgwE) 240
Teresa in Fort Worth: "Amarillo" is Spanish for "yellow". Wanna know why the town is named that?
I cannot believe I didn't know that. I lived in Texas a decent number of years. I've heard of Amarillo for all of them. It never dawned on me why. I guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees and all that damned dust. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 06:52 PM (gLikB) 241
I want accountability. If it doesn't come and we continue to watch the defenestration of the rule of law, then I want scalps. I want scalps hanging from my lodge pole.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 06:47 PM (vzcgi) You want: scalps hanging from your lodgepole. You'd settle for: heads near pikes. You'll get: too naked red-haired fatties screeching at you about your whiteness. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 06:57 PM (dK+Kv) 242
Walz is also smurfing funds to other democrat politicians.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 07:01 PM (9KKv0) 243
***illustration clearly shows one of the "de-arresters" about to hit ***
After current events here and abroad it's not difficult to imagine A Knife in the Assailant's hand. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 07:47 PM (4BNa1) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 07:59 PM (L/fGl) 245
I cannot believe I didn't know that. ...
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel --- And why is the Mission San Antonio de Valero called the Alamo? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 08:04 PM (4BNa1) 246
DHS knows who they are and where they live - all of them citizens and foreigners alike. In the middle of the night round them up, load them on Galexy's and fly them to Somolia; shoo them off the ramp and leave.
MN wakes up in the morning and the streets are clean. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 08:08 PM (4BNa1) 247
Don't forget those foundations are funded with YOUR tax money, brother.
Posted by: Danimal28 at January 15, 2026 08:18 PM (iXm17) Minneapolis Mayor and Insurrectionist Jacob Frey Justifes Attacking ICE Agents, Saying Hitting Federal Agents With Shovels Is Just "Defending Our Neighbors"It's time.
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Frey is owned.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp) 2
1st
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (XMwZJ) 3
Always surrounded by Somalis - are they his handlers? It’s weird.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp) 4
first.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (0N4FZ) 5
So, now we have state-endorsed vigilantism? Cool.
Posted by: windbag at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (Od1As) 6
He is going to run for governor.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (0N4FZ) 7
These people are seriously just a bunch of sheep agitating for the protection of wolves while also attacking the sheepdogs brought in to protect them. It's insane.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (e2+im) 8
Frey is corrupt and his policies hurt people.
He wants slaves and goods under his power. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (u82oZ) Posted by: Tom Homan at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (speX7) 10
Paid protester lesbians are my neighbors?
Well, that sucks. Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (UjdFS) 11
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?
That Trump and his administration will back down? That the American public will pick their side when push comes to shove? Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (cYBz/) 12
Is all of Minnesota this stupid ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (VE6XX) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (u82oZ) 14
What a maroon!
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (pscAN) 15
Funny how these No Kings people honestly believe they are kings of their own cities and states.
You don’t get invaded by the feds, you idiot. They need to pull federal funding, Hawaiian judges be d@mned. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (Hkcdp) 16
Open the whole can (industrial drum size) of Whup-Ass on these bastards!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (wVcYX) 17
FREY: "...They are going to stand up for their neighbors."
--- Also a crime, depending on how it's done. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (Q4cxx) 18
Always surrounded by Somalis - are they his handlers? It’s weird.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp) ---- Almost certainly yes. He who pays the piper calls the tune. Frey is a puppet dancing to Somali strings. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (ESVrU) 19
this Nick Shirley is really an amateur 'investigator' . Documents and evidence is supposed to be destroyed following the investigation. this idiot is presenting the evidence to the public.
Posted by: The Jan6th Comittee at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (5LiC7) 20
Is all of Minnesota this stupid ?
Posted by: It's me donna I don't have any insight into this at all but I'd imagine it's mostly the big cities. Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (cYBz/) 21
I realize it's not germane to the subject; however, Frey looks like a total smarmy douche.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (aZm/F) 22
Frey is owned.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (Hkcdp) --- I said that Somalis have a picture of him on a bad hair day. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (Q4cxx) 23
A hard to beat negotiating strategy is Tit 4 Tat.
Dems would be most unhappy if we used that. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (u82oZ) 24
I think it's just - they think the country is D-Land. they don't think anyone who votes R is part of the USA.
Illegals and visa holders vote, and they vote D. Ergo, they are "their neighbors" - they are their countrymen we are NOT Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (emBoF) 25
Their "neighbors" were 3 Venezuelan illegals with deportation notices hitting an ICE agent with snow shovels... Nice neighbors...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (VE6XX) Posted by: Black JEM at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (GZYu7) 27
Saying Hitting Federal Agents With Shovels Is Just "Defending Our Neighbors"
Gonna be one of the top ten stupid things said today. What a freaking idiot. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Minnesota at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (6D3Z6) 29
I can't see rest of her(and I prefer not to click on the video) but the woman in green doesn't look very fat. Neither did the insane woman in an earlier thread with the purple and the face jewelry.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (8Xy/A) 30
Their "neighbors" were 3 Venezuelan illegals with deportation notices hitting an ICE agent with snow shovels... Nice neighbors...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:39 PM (VE6XX) --- Trendy Araguans. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (Q4cxx) 31
It's way past time.
Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (VyqMH) 32
Oh, I would not be surprised if he’s been actively facilitating the fraud, so he must now protect it at all costs. Maybe his handlers are there to make sure he’s not flipped.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (Hkcdp) 33
Frey is a maroon. But a useful maroon like Newsome is. They get angrily up on their self righteous high horses about facts that just aren't true!
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (gWBY1) 34
Now now now good people, let us put ourselves in Mayor Frey's shoes. He's simply trying to be a leader for all of Minneapolis and we should not be attacking him. It is not who we are.
Posted by: Senator Mitt Romney at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (fjo1b) 35
meant "purple hair"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (8Xy/A) 36
Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay
Posted by: Minnesota at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (6D3Z6) ------ I wish I had said it. Now I'll be bitter all afternoon. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (aZm/F) 37
I noticed Karens have this fantasy of ICE breaking into their houses.
It isn't clear though if it is to deport them, arrest them, or...ravish them until their quivering femininity explodes. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm) 38
28 George Floyd 2
Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay yep well said! and, just like in entertainment, it's a bust. no one's buying. the gay chicks are just too unlikeable, even a junkie is more relatable Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (emBoF) Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (wVcYX) 40
Letting your neighbors out of police vehicles may also be "standing up for your neighbor", but it's also 100% police obstruction, and they're going to book you.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (Q4cxx) Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (emBoF) Posted by: Toad-0 at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (oab21) 43
Tagline: We Put a Chick in it and Made Her Gay
Posted by: Minnesota at January 15, 2026 04:40 PM (6D3Z6) Excellent! But you know in the movie she'll be a POC. Posted by: Peaches at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (VyqMH) 44
Give him the Full Maduro.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (ZcsJV) 45
"I want you to know that your partner is looking to you to be the protector, provider, and leader."
How about no. Does that work for you? Good talk. Or at least put some actual clothes on, take a shower, and fix my f*** ing dinner. If not, then why exactly do I owe you a thing? Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (Riz8t) 46
"Democracy" is being forced to adopt the policies of the party that lost the election.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (L/fGl) 47
Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN, Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (emBoF) I believe that's what's called a lavender marriage. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (e2+im) 48
I noticed Karens have this fantasy of ICE breaking into their houses.
It isn't clear though if it is to deport them, arrest them, or...ravish them until their quivering femininity explodes. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm) Quivering and unusually moistened. Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (wVcYX) 49
Well, perhaps it's time, now that Justin Trudeau's younger special needs brother opened a can of FAFO.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (ewjUl) 50
>>Frey is a maroon. But a useful maroon like Newsome is. They get angrily up on their self righteous high horses about facts that just aren't true!
They were stamped out of the same Block of Tofu. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (ZcsJV) 51
Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners, who are telling them, correctly if inadvisedly, that they're "overreacting."
Suddenly men are to be the "protectors" and "leaders" -- but it's a strange kind of "leadership" they want from men. They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives. That's just being the Christ-like servant-leader God calls them to be. Leading through obedience, service and submission. It's not complicated! Posted by: Modern Churchianity at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (TbWk/) 52
The repulsive nitwit in the last video claims that ICE will eventually come to my door, blah, blah, blah. These idiots cannot actually believe this shit, right? No, sugartits, ICE will NOT be coming to my door because I'm NOT an illegal immigrant that has committed a host of other violent crimes in addition to being in the country illegally. How these retards even remember to breath?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (XMwZJ) 53
Heh. Except in this context ace, they act like the Patricians while loudly screaming that they are plebians.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (zZu0s) 54
Gal in green has Sanpaku eyes: unbalanced.
Bet she’s on medication: antidepressants or adhd. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (Hkcdp) 55
46 "Democracy" is being forced to adopt the policies of the party that lost the election.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 04:43 PM (L/fGl) ------- Another good one. Nailed it. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (aZm/F) 56
During COVID I remember the left telling me, repeatedly, that if I disagreed with the authorities I had no right to actually not do what they said.
Odd how that isn't the standard here is it? Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (sKqQm) 57
this will shock you guys but
... Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN, Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (emBoF) Objection! Assertion not in evidence. Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (wVcYX) 58
Apparently protestors are bringing their babies to these anti ICE protests. And then when they get in trouble, cry "I'm just a mom!" At the police.
The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE. We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (gWBY1) 59
Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."
++++ He knows nothing of their values. He knows of their *jobs* but that's it. He doesn't know what these people believe and neither do I. Maybe they're hardcore communists, but nationalistic ones who want the leftism for, by and of *us* not a bunch of illegal aliens. He has no clue. What Fey Frey means is that Minnesota views enforcement of current federal policy within Minnesota as an "invasion." In other words, Fey Frey views Minnesota as non-US. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (GyQIQ) 60
The left then: Of course the feds had a right to shoot Lavoy Fincum in the back...he was resisting arrest!
The Left now: Attacking a federal agent to help a neighbor is the right thing to do. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: Arbalest at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (FlRtG) 62
Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners, who are telling them, correctly if inadvisedly, that they're "overreacting."
--- And to calm down and smile more. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (Q4cxx) 63
Now every day can be the Darkest Day in History (tm)
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (E0p3T) 64
Is there any way Trump can send a carrier group to Lake Superior?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (6D3Z6) 65
The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.
The Palis put missile launchers next to schools so they can claim that the Israelis are killing their kids. Looks like the same idea here. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm) 66
They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives.
++++ It's a pretty basic contradiction, though not uncommon. "I want a man who leads me but me supports me in all things" is a pretty common position. Never mind that it's impossible. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (GyQIQ) 67
Couldn't we just tell all the Minnesota women to just calm down?
Posted by: Arbalest at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (FlRtG) --- We need a Federal Bureau of Calming Bitches Down Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (Q4cxx) 68
Couldn't we just tell all the Minnesota women to just calm down?
The term of art is "calm your tits" Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm) 69
Ice came for the illegals, and I did nothing, because I am not an illegal.
Then they came for the leftists, and I said "5 doors down, on the other side of the street." Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (uWKK8) 70
LMAO leftists, keep it up. These ridiculous delusions of grandeur and prestige aren't going to end the way your stupid brain thinks they're going to end.
Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:47 PM (5aZAZ) 71
>>Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners
LBH - Their 'male partners' are rolling around the bottom of their sock drawers. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (ZcsJV) 72
The same people who degrade and blame men for everything are now looking for a hero to tell that that everything is going to be okay.
++++ This is just a baffling political form of "why are there no chivalrous men anymore." Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (GyQIQ) 73
Trump to Jake Frey:
"You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it." Maybe. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (dGCAG) 74
The Left now: Attacking a federal agent to help a neighbor is the right thing to do.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm) --- Hope the IRS is aware of this.... Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (Q4cxx) 75
What's the story on Trudeau's younger brother and FAFO?
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (gWBY1) 76
Maybe my kids are write and Scandinavians are just bad people.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (2ap+5) 77
Chick in that last video has a droopy eyelid.
That can be indicative of: 1) Excessive drinking 2) Myasthenia Gravis 3) A brain tumor Or, it could just be nothing. But it's worth gett8ng checked out. Am I gonna tell her? Nope. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (SRRAx) 78
"I want a man who leads me but me supports me in all things" is a pretty common position. Never mind that it's impossible.
This is related to the left's argument that everyone needs to come together and compromise by....giving them everything they want and not even complaining about... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm) 79
And MPLS police chief O'Hara used to be public safety director of the Newark NJ police. He allowed a new policy of having muslim female cop and staffers wear hijabs.
https://tinyurl.com/mdps6e2k ---------------- He left Newark for MPLS. His wife is black and muslim and stayed in Newark where she is now a police lieutenant. Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (I7J98) 80
The same people who degrade and blame men for everything are now looking for a hero to tell that that everything is going to be okay.
--- Rubber is meeting road.... Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (Q4cxx) 81
Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (wtvvX) 82
She wants her husband to fight whatever ICE dude she decides to assault. She’s a girl boss right up until there are consequences for her screechy, unhinged activism.
Just a guess… Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (Hkcdp) 83
I think hitting the Mayor in the mouth with a shovel is justified. So is sticking a pitchfork up his ass.
Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (4rWc3) 84
>>They want men to "lead"
*In your Best Sean Connery voice* "Josht remembarh that you ashked fahr it!" Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (ZcsJV) 85
The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.
We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (gWBY1) ---- It's actually worse than that. I suspect some of these moms want the *child* to die. Then the mothers can become martyrs for the cause (and of course gather up a bunch of money on GoFundMe and other sites). It's sick and twisted, worthy of the Palestinian approach to protesting by throwing your own *children* into the pyre. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM (ESVrU) 86
And yes I have never known a single girl who is cheerful and happy that has wierd hair and piercings.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (PYyV9) 87
Do you guys really want an AWFL making you sammiches? Didn't anyone see that Jodie Foster movie with the almond cookies?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (fjo1b) Posted by: Candace Owens at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (Yp6az) 89
They want men to "lead" by obeying their mentally-ill wives.
Posted by: Modern Churchianity at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (TbWk/) ------ Put more simply, they want their husbands to take point on the forced march through the jungle full of VC. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (5aZAZ) 90
Checking in on some leftist forums they are still arguing that Karen Deathwheels wasn't a threat to the ICE agent because "he wasn't even in front of her car" or "sure he was in front of her car but like her wheels were turned away"
Now not only do they use those two arguments interchangeably - which remember the second argument invalidates the first...but they are ignoring the fact you can seem the car hit him... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm) 91
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (wVcYX)
I think Frey has been married twice. This wife is quite cute. Because he's a jerk and a leftist doesn't mean he's gay. Id be more likely to think Walz is gay. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (8Xy/A) 92
LBH - Their 'male partners' are rolling around the bottom of their sock drawers.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (ZcsJV) Don't knock it til you've tried it! Posted by: Dick Morris at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (E0p3T) 93
The Minnesota state bird is the loon. We Iowans have been mocking them for that for decades. (Ours is the Eastern Goldfinch, a beautiful and pretty-sounding bird.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye for life at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (Wt5PA) 94
We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose.
Yeah they have been preparing for a huge riot for a year, and thought they had it this time and cut loose. That's why the big "protests" with pre-printed signs all showed up at once the next day. But this isn't who they need to get it to bite. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (PYyV9) 95
It has very little to do with leadership and more to do with being the first to tangle with the Feds so that your Stronk Empowered Wife doesn't have to.
Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (5aZAZ) 96
These people are seriously just a bunch of sheep agitating for the protection of wolves while also attacking the sheepdogs brought in to protect them. It's insane.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (e2+im) They aren't sheep. Sheep might be stupid, but they don't hate the sheepdog. They are just easily led. These people are evil. They WANT to be led by evil. They want their opponents DEAD, which is why they vote for the wolf. They are not the "loyal opposition. They are not our countrymen, they are an occupying force wherever they take power. Their only principle is power. What they CAN do, they will do and will do it to you and everyone and everything you love. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (zjgNU) 97
Minnesota needs to calm their tits right down. And Frey has a very punchable face - just like NewScum.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (Q0yOR) 98
Yes, Teresa, something is off whet eyes.
My guess was drugs, the prescription kind to help with depression or adhd. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (Hkcdp) 99
There is no doubt in my mind that the fivehead worrying about ICE breaking down her door is dreaming of Hot Dicken's Cider.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (2ap+5) 100
Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."
Check your oath of office. If you were not going to uphold your oath, then taking it was fraudulent. Oh shit. Oops. Oath of Office "I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Minneapolis; https://tinyurl.com/5n759djt Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 04:51 PM (FzgDV) 101
Whatever the corruption and criminality of the government in MN we think we know about, it has to be ten times worse.
Because how Frey and Watz are behaving is insane. Like two very stupid and violent criminals who have, up to now, been able to bully their way out of any jam. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (HXT0k) 102
FREY: "...They are going to stand up for their neighbors."
-- Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy were somebody's neighbors too. Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (qBdHI) Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (gWBY1) 104
What a bunch of shallow, easily manipulated fools. Video after video, you see people who just aren't thinking through the underlying issues. Don't want ICE to expel your "neighbors"? Well then, demand your government enforce immigration law and prevent illegals from moving in. Don't like immigration law as-is? Well then, agitate for Congress to change the law. But violently impeding law enforcement just gets you injured, arrested, or worse. Don't do it, especially to earn a few paltry Soros-bucks.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (FSX1K) 105
Exactly why would any man want to protect an arrogant AWFL like that last woman? So you aren't a man if you don't agree with unlimited illegal immigration and attempting to kill ICE agents
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (Oql3v) 106
The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die. They are salivating over it. They want martyrs to hold up in the media and force public opinion against ICE.
We are lucky Renee was white, and had such a bad past of child abuse. And that the vids caught her taunting the officer. But they will one day find a perfect martyr, DEI mom with a baby in her arms who dies, and then all hell will break loose. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:45 PM (gWBY1) ++++ They want martyrs. Their tactics are designed to get a physical response. The activists are trained to do it and take the bullet. They're canon fodder by design and they know it. They're out there to bring down consequences, from arrest to death. Eventually, they'll find a martyr to rally behind for wider action. This woman wasn't that martyr, but the next one might be. Or the one after. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (GyQIQ) 107
And yes I have never known a single girl who is cheerful and happy that has wierd hair and piercings.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:50 PM (PYyV9) --- Yes. That holds true for my daughter. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (Q4cxx) 108
> The only conclusion I can draw about people like Frey is they WANT a mom holding a baby to die.
I'm tanned, rested, and ready. Posted by: Lon Horiuchi at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (Yp6az) Posted by: Arbalest at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (FlRtG) 110
>> can't see rest of her(and I prefer not to click on the video) but the woman in green doesn't look very fat. Neither did the insane woman in an earlier thread with the purple and the face jewelry.
__ Perhaps not, but she looks as if she is missing an important chromosome. Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (bNf8H) 111
Bobby Joe Champion
___________________ Is that a real name? It sounds like something from some trashy novel. The dude that walks around town with his surf board in the event that didn't get the memo that he was the cool one. LMAO...look what the left leaning Gemini AI says about him after I asked if Bobby Joe Champion was an idiot. "The statement that "Bobby Joe Champion is an idiot" is a subjective opinion, often found in commentary about the Minnesota state senator, particularly from his political opponents or critics." So, I wasn't the first to think he's an idiot. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske) 112
They want martyrs.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (GyQIQ) --- Soros needs martyrs. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (Q4cxx) 113
> Champion: "Actually, no."
So... those are the rules of engagement. Duly noted. Hint: you aren't going to like it. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM (IG3/x) 114
Jeez, I hope no one is married or otherwise attached to that unfortunate looking battle axe.
Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (Iwv3U) 115
Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:49 PM We would be thrilled. I'll chip in for the fence. Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (ewjUl) 116
Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."
Remember when the feds sent 10s of thousands of Haitians to an Ohio town? And the local protested and demanded the Haitians stop eating their wildlife? Funny, but THEN the FNM told me that was morally wrong... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (sKqQm) 117
Frey just doesn't want anyone to discover how much money his wife was paid to help cover up Somali fraud.
He is just the latest in Demofascist scumbags. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (FSX1K) 118
>>Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners
LBH - Their 'male partners' are rolling around the bottom of their sock drawers. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:48 PM (ZcsJV) With dead batteries. Corroding, even. Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (wVcYX) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (IG3/x) 121
Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera Brilliant! We'll call it, "Escape From Duluth". Kurt? Where's Kurt? Anyone seen Kurt? Posted by: John Carpenter at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (6D3Z6) 122
Ok, how about this. Alberta for Minnesota. Even swap.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (fjo1b) 123
Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T) 124
One of Chris Rock's 5 ways to keep your ass from being kicked by the police was Do Not Ride in the Car with a Mad Woman!
that Mad Woman WANTS to see you get your ass kicked, and she'll make it happen! Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (uWKK8) 125
Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy were somebody's neighbors too.
Posted by: Lady in Black ...... A friend of mine from high schools Mom owned a house directly across the street from Edmund Emil Kemper. Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (UjdFS) 126
Mentally-ill women are apparently not getting the "support" they demand from their male partners
--- No one is setting them up for success in their resistance. This too, is the Patriarchy. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (Q4cxx) 127
"Maxicrapolis: Take off and nuke the site from orbit. it's the only way to be sure".
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (TezPK) 128
Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T) ++++ And outlawed churches while keeping liquor stores open. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (GyQIQ) 129
Because how Frey and Watz are behaving is insane.
Like two very stupid and violent criminals who have, up to now, been able to bully their way out of any jam. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:52 PM (HXT0k) ------ They're just exhibiting the typical behavior of very weak men. Yelling, cursing, trying to act like Tommy Toughnuts when everyone that sees them knows they wouldn't bust a grape in a food fight. Actual masculinity and male leadership is quiet, steady, and resolved. These "guys" aren't that. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (5aZAZ) 130
So, I wasn't the first to think he's an idiot.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:53 PM Nope, he's good for comic relief, well in a pathetic funny way. If you saw his district where he's from. You'd understand immediately how he got selected. Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (ewjUl) 131
88 > Jake Frey is married. TO A WOMAN,
---------------- Sarah Clarke is Frey's wife and the following are all known facts about her. Wife of Minneapolis Mayor has direct ties to $9 billion Somali migrant fraud through the Feeding Our Future scheme Sarah Clarke, the wife of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, worked at Hylden Advocacy & Law as a lobbyist and Director of Government Affairs (from around 2016 until January 2022). The firm Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal representation and lobbying services to Feeding Our Future, the NGO who orchestrated the massive $250 million federal child nutrition fraud scandal - the largest fraud case in U.S. history. Hylden Advocacy & Law was also listed as a paid lobbyist for the Somali Museum of Minnesota, founded by Osman Ali. The museum received $4.5 million in state funding months after Ali pleaded guilty in a separate fraud case. Clarke left Hylden Advocacy & Law in January 2022, at the same exact time that federal investigations were heating up—including FBI raids on Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock’s home, office, and related sites. Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (I7J98) 132
Exactly why would any man want to protect an arrogant AWFL like that last woman? So you aren't a man if you don't agree with unlimited illegal immigration and attempting to kill ICE agents/i]
One thing I'll note though - none of these street level activists care one way or the other about immigration. They've got orders and they'll carry them out. Remember 20 years ago they were all on board with sending Elian Gonzalez back and under the Junta they endorsed Biden sending back the German refugee family that tried to flee here Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm) 133
Just fence off Minneapolis and declare it an insane asylum.
Posted by: Tex Lovera Brilliant! We'll call it, "Escape From Duluth". Kurt? Where's Kurt? Anyone seen Kurt? Posted by: John Carpenter We take Alberta and give canaduh Minnesota. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (FzgDV) 134
Has anything been uncovered re: Frey being all up in the fraud game? I've not read anything if so.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q0yOR) Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (qFwJc) 136
Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T) --- And wanted to see your papers. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q4cxx) 137
A friend of mine from high schools Mom owned a house directly across the street from Edmund Emil Kemper.
Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (UjdFS) __________________________ I bet the Halloween decorations were AWESOME!!! As I recall, Kemper had a thing for decapitation and dismemberment. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske) 138
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Their only principle is power. What they CAN do, they will do and will do it to you and everyone and everything you love. > THIS. Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (nz1sK) 139
... BTW, if I run into an ICE employee, I'd probably buy the coffee .
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR) 140
And wanted to see your papers.
AND shared your supposedly protected medical records with anyone and everyone that wanted them... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm) 141
> 134 Has anything been uncovered re: Frey being all up in the fraud game? I've not read anything if so.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q0yOR) His wife was a lawyer for some of these Somali fucksticks. That's a definite fact. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (IG3/x) 142
Hot topic huh? 135 comments in 23 minutes.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (qFwJc) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (8Xy/A) 144
Walz and mayor mom jeans and their toadie Elison love this. They get to distract from their fraud, while being the face of the "resistance" Dem boot lickers.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (ewjUl) 145
Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."
I don't need to imagine. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t) 146
Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear.
So he claims that Minnesotans hold dear the love of child molesters, rapists, and murderers here illegally? The guy ICE showed up to grab when this happened is a child molester. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:58 PM (PYyV9) 147
With dead batteries. Corroding, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:54 PM (wVcYX) Nonsense! An appliance that gets used that much, you never don't have plenty of spare batteries around. Or so I've heard. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (dGCAG) 148
Ah, didn’t know about Frey’s wife being part of it.
That explains a lot. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (Hkcdp) 149
We don't need another
14 Nazi Party members were killed in the confrontation with police, including Andreas Bauriedl, whose blood-stained flag later became known as the Blutfahne (Blood Flag). [Beer Hall Putsch] Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX) 150
Their only principle is power. What they CAN do, they will do and will do it to you and everyone and everything you love. >
THIS. Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (nz1sK) --- When you are in power, they ask for mercy, because that's according to our values. When they are in power, they show us no mercy, because that's according to their values. First said about Muslims, but it applies here. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:59 PM (Q4cxx) 151
I wish to see Minnesota Martyrs stacked like cord wood.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (wBaIH) 152
Has anyone tried just telling the Karens to calm down?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (2UnvF) 153
Frey's wife is a lawyer and her firm that does a lot of lobbying of the state. She's as dirty as he is.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m) 154
Blue hair and the blues: Dying your hair unnatural colours is associated with depression
--------- I was going to strike-out depression and insert "mental illness" -- then actually read the extract and it says "mental instability." Furries hardest hit ... Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (G0b3R) 155
Frey is supposedly worth about $5M. While he did work as a lawyer at one point he's been in politics for quite a while now.
It would be interesting to see what he is putting on his IRS forms Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm) 156
Hey, are the Somali fraudsters queer too? So they can visit other queers in the hospital? Because queers visiting queers in the hospital might be a thing with Somali fraudsters, Tim.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (YlWIZ) 157
Chick in that last video has a droopy eyelid.
That can be indicative of: 1) Excessive drinking 2) Myasthenia Gravis 3) A brain tumor Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. ...... 4) pinkeye 5) herpes 6) lupus Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (UjdFS) 158
A new book.
JESUS MELTS ICE: A Theological Response to the Martyrdom of Renee Nicole Good for the Undocumented Immigrant by Jeff Hood https://is.gd/gR1qNW Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (L/fGl) 159
Frey's wife is a lawyer and her firm that does a lot of lobbying of the state. She's as dirty as he is.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m) ------------ She must be a beard 'cause that guy is gay and his shit is all retarded. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (G0b3R) 160
I bet the Halloween decorations were AWESOME!!! As I recall, Kemper had a thing for decapitation and dismemberment.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske) DON'T google him. You don't want to know what else he was into. Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (6xRrr) 161
The firm Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal representation and lobbying services to Feeding Our Future, the NGO who orchestrated the massive $250 million federal child nutrition fraud scandal - the largest fraud case in U.S. history.
Hylden Advocacy & Law was also listed as a paid lobbyist for the Somali Museum of Minnesota, founded by Osman Ali. The museum received $4.5 million in state funding months after Ali pleaded guilty in a separate fraud case. Clarke left Hylden Advocacy & Law in January 2022, at the same exact time that federal investigations were heating up—including FBI raids on Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock’s home, office, and related sites. Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM There's a Somali museum here? I think I saw it. Porta Potty off Lyndale perhaps. Maybe they have a wax figure of Ilhan Omar getting plowed by her brother. Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (ewjUl) 162
Has anyone tried just telling the Karens to calm down?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:00 PM (2UnvF) --- They were about to, but she would have to get out of the fucking car first. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (Q4cxx) 163
Frey has a punchable face
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (VE6XX) 164
Of all these treasonous fucks in MN, Frey is the most punchable
Posted by: UGAdawg at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (n52DV) 165
Apparently, I am racist for not wanting the feds to drop 10’s of thousands of TdA in my city, where they set about destroying our values with their violence and theft. Biden did this. It was so bad it was a national story.
But Frey pretends like we have no idea how awful an invasion might be, as if ICE were criminals, too. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (Hkcdp) 166
"Migrant" murders another pretty teen German girl, let off because he's "mentally ill". Not even going to be deported.
https://tinyurl.com/mjkzvjx2 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (IG3/x) 167
My $0.02 is that we've always had a percentage of idiots, but back then they stayed in the attic. Now, it's facetwat...
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (XuXeR) 168
I learned how to spell martyr today.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX) Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM (G0b3R) 170
Frey: "Imagine if your city or town was invaded by thousands of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear."
So everybody in Minneapolis values open borders, massive fraud, murderers, rapists and child traffickers? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM (8Xy/A) 171
163 I said that upstream. Very, very much so. He's a smarmy jackhole.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Q0yOR) 172
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?
That Trump and his administration will back down? That the American public will pick their side when push comes to shove? Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (cYBz/) Yes, and everything goes back to normal. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s) 173
If Trump declared Minnesota a state under insurrection he need not respond with military force. Simply stop every single federal dollar from going to Minnesota. The entire fraud would collapse and every Somali getting federally backed money would have nothing. The state would starve quickly. The Republican areas would survive and I'm sure outside conservative groups would supply them
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Oql3v) 174
I learned how to spell martyr today.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX) ------------- I had the hardest time spelling "myrrh" this past Christmas season. I'm surprised I don't see it in more Sunday Crossword puzzles ... Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (G0b3R) 175
So everybody in Minneapolis values open borders, massive fraud, murderers, rapists and child traffickers?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM Not all of them. I do know some good people that live there. But the majority, they don't care what these others do if they have the right skin tone and alleged victimhood status. Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (ewjUl) 176
I think Frey wants to run for governor of MN.
I could be wrong, but he appears to be going way out on this limb to get some good PR before he runs for the open seat. Dude is definitely trying to raise his profile. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt) 177
"BUT JESUS CANNOT MELT STEEL! REEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:03 PM (G0b3R) ------------ You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball? Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (2UnvF) 178
And outlawed churches while keeping liquor stores open.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:56 PM (GyQIQ) And wanted to see your papers. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q4cxx) Ah yes Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (E0p3T) 179
171 163 I said that upstream. Very, very much so. He's a smarmy jackhole.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Q0yOR) We have a surfeit of smarmy jackholes. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (zZu0s) 180
Migrant" murders another pretty teen German girl, let off because he's "mentally ill". Not even going to be deported."
Of course not. All of the west is guilty and must be brought down to the lowest level. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (XuXeR) 181
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?
That Trump will be impeached followed by Vance then Jeffries becomes President ! Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (VE6XX) 182
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?
Trump is impeached. Most Republicans in congress resign They have a big street party with drugs and gay sex They get a promotion at their NGO job and plenty of cheap immigrant servants...and maybe some underage ones to take care of other...needs. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (sKqQm) 183
"So what if it never happens?!"
This is an iteration of the "unequal division of emotional labor" whine. And "emotional labor" is a completely voluntary and self-inflicted burden. Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (enw9G) 184
Getting rid of the Land o Lakes squaw is making more sense by the minute. Wait till you see the culturally enhanced replacement.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (cS1cw) 185
Where to begin with all the stupidity and wrong-headedness in these lefty arguments? Fox interviewer: (recites list of crimes being committed by protestors) Frey: They're being peaceful and they're standing up for their neighbors. It's useless. Just move in and do what needs to be done, they are the least sincere, most confused bunch of "leaders" in the nation. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (x4Mz/) Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye for life at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (Wt5PA) 187
https://tinyurl.com/ye26jbub "BREAKING: German courts just decided the Iraqi migrant who pushed 16-year-old Liana to her death in front of a train in Freidland will serve no prison time after he was determined to be suffering from “ill mental health”. Instead, he will spend time at a psychiatric facility at taxpayers' expense, and will not be deported." Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (IG3/x) 188
She must be a beard 'cause that guy is gay and his shit is all retarded.
Posted by: ShainS *fist bump Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (FzgDV) 189
If Trump declared Minnesota a state under insurrection he need not respond with military force. Simply stop every single federal dollar from going to Minnesota. The entire fraud would collapse and every Somali getting federally backed money would have nothing. The state would starve quickly. The Republican areas would survive and I'm sure outside conservative groups would supply them
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Oql3v) ------------ Then they'd raise billions from Islamunists across the nation and around the globe by starting a GoFundMN campaign. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (G0b3R) 190
171 163 I said that upstream. Very, very much so. He's a smarmy jackhole.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (Q0yOR) We have a surfeit of smarmy jackholes. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (zZu0s) A plethora, even. Posted by: El Guapo at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (wVcYX) 191
Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy were somebody's neighbors too.
Posted by: Lady in Black One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating families. When you arrest bank robbers, rapists, murderers, drug dealers etc. you are also separating families. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (L/fGl) 192
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end?"
They don't think that far. Brownshirts never do. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (XuXeR) 193
I bet the Halloween decorations were AWESOME!!! As I recall, Kemper had a thing for decapitation and dismemberment.
Posted by: Orson ...... and necrophilia. They eventually found buried body parts. They called him the "Ogre of Aptos". But his house was actually in the Seacliff Beach area. At the age of 15, Kemper had murdered his paternal grandparents. Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (UjdFS) 194
>>She must be a beard 'cause that guy is gay and his shit is all retarded.
She works or worked, a little unclear right now, for Hylden Advocacy and Law. One of their clients was Feeding Our Future. That's the Somali scam that was indicted for stealing $250 million that was intended to feed poor children. All of this rioting is to cover up for the criminality of the politicians in Minnesota. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m) 195
I learned how to spell martyr today.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 ------------- I had the hardest time spelling "myrrh" this past Christmas season. I'm surprised I don't see it in more Sunday Crossword puzzles ... Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 *** "Y" is always trying to pass as a vowel. You might say it identifies as one. It used to be "I," but then it had surgery. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9) 196
Dont forget - Just a few short years ago, all the people stopping modern naziism today trapped you in your house, forcibly injected experimental chemicals into you, forbade you from walking on the beach alone, and burned a bunch of cities down.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:55 PM (E0p3T) --- And wanted to see your papers. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (Q4cxx) And "peacefully protested" your church services, cheering the government agencies that sued any pastor that dared to exercise their freedom to practice their faith... Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (nbLIj) 197
I think Frey wants to run for governor of MN. Posted by: SpeakingOf =========== I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (x4Mz/) 198
Values he holds dear must include lawlessness of every sort.
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (kJmLc) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:09 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 05:09 PM (y9nCu) 201
There's a Somali museum here? I think I saw it. Porta Potty off Lyndale perhaps. Maybe they have a wax figure of Ilhan Omar getting plowed by her brother.
----------------- They had a fancy website which is now shut down and said they've moved to Chicago Ave - on the ground floor of the Midtown Exchange Building. Ilhan's bro only likes guys Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (I7J98) 202
You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (2UnvF) ----------- Heh. Only after he performs a live chicken sacrifice ... Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (G0b3R) 203
Remember last year when a streamer got arrested in the Philippines for being an ass in public? He spent nine months in prison and they're deporting him to Russia.
Check out the before and after pictures of the guy: http://tiny.cc/1upx001 I don't think he liked the Philippines' prison system. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (Yp6az) 204
> I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:08 PM (x4Mz/) I'd seriously enjoy watching Klobber physically beat his ass. She seems like the type who'd be at home in a no-holds-barred bar fight scenario. Frey seems like the type who'd screech, scratch and pull hair. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (IG3/x) 205
Renee Good and Horst Wessel were both patsies.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (qFwJc) 206
"BREAKING: German courts just decided the Iraqi migrant who pushed 16-year-old Liana to her death in front of a train in Freidland will serve no prison time after he was determined to be suffering from “ill mental health”.
Instead, he will spend time at a psychiatric facility at taxpayers' expense, and will not be deported." Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (IG3/x) --- The German courts also decided that it was a reasonable excuse for a Muslim who raped a boy in a public locker room putting him the hospital that he was "new to the country" and "unaccustomed to their rules", and hadn't had sex in a long time. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (Q4cxx) 207
I'm in the camp that the Insurrection Act application is long overdue. Not only because of the behavior and "leadership" in the state of Minnesota, but because the administration very much needs to set the tone. Otherwise, the same behavior times 100 will be gracing ICE in other problem states, having been emboldened by what Minnesota continues to get away with.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (dIske) 208
Chalk another one up for starting the Civil War II
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0) 209
They don't think that far.
Brownshirts never do. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (XuXeR) They're part of the globalist 4th Reich and "limited war" is one of the vital means of controlling the West's population. Drugs is another so their snouts are already out of joint over that. Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (kJmLc) 210
TikTok girl looks mildly retarded and that one higher arched eyebrow is disturbing while she lectures me on how much we need save illegals from the horror of being returned back home.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt) 211
Walz is calling on Trump "to lower the temperature" on the unrest.
Fine. Walz, you and your junkyard dogs Frey and Ellison need to stand the fuck down. Your "citizen army" of paid protesters need to go home. Get a grip on the local unrest and enforce a curfew. Do that. For the remainder of the month and let ICE do it's job. No? Well, fuck you... war. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (U2OZr) 212
Renee Good and Horst Wessel were both patsies.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:10 PM (qFwJc) --- I know the feeling. Posted by: Zombie Stehen Paddock at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (Q4cxx) 213
Suicidal empathy indeed, Europe wants to die...so let it
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (kJmLc) Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (8zz6B) 215
Walz just made another video firing up the mob to attack ICE, and NOW demands someone else lower the temperature?????
These people are children, the logic of toddlers. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:13 PM (Hkcdp) 216
One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating families. When you arrest bank robbers, rapists, murderers, drug dealers etc. you are also separating families.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer ...... That is so sad. Must be hard at Thanksgiving. Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 05:13 PM (UjdFS) 217
190 A cornucopia even
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (Q0yOR) 218
215 Walz just made another video firing up the mob to attack ICE, and NOW demands someone else lower the temperature?????
These people are children, the logic of toddlers. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:13 PM (Hkcdp) I noticed that... Wonder why he sort of changed his tune ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (VE6XX) 219
Getting rid of the Land o Lakes squaw is making more sense by the minute. Wait till you see the culturally enhanced replacement.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (cS1cw) --- Coming soon: The Land o Lake Two-spirit! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (Q4cxx) 220
ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS) 221
I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate."
Call up the Mandela sign language guy... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (XuXeR) 222
PP got tens of millions back from HHS.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (ZB0nS) 223
Does anyone really believe that neither Walz nor Frey knew there was billions of dollars of fraud going on in Minnesota for years when their own DHS has said they tried for years to tell both of them of the rampant fraud going on in Minnesota and all the whistleblowers got for their bravery was threats, firings and other intimidation?
They knew. They were in on it. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m) 224
Hitting Federal Agents With Shovels Is Just "Defending Our Neighbors"
--- SHOOT ⊙ THEM or send them to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, or Texas. Why on God's green earth are they allowed to get away with this? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (4BNa1) 225
220 ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS) I guess aborting your unborn baby is a form of Family "planning".. Or lack thereof Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (VE6XX) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (XuXeR) 227
> 216 One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating families.
We still haven't gotten over the separation of our family. Posted by: The Ghost of Charles Manson at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (IG3/x) 228
250 million that was intended to feed poor children."
The average American single person grocery bill is about $300-$500 month So even at the high end this is enough food to feed about 50,000 people for a year. The amount of fraud here is insane. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm) 229
"Want men to lead -- which means supporting their mentally ill wives."
The late ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 might have had the conscience of a cat . . . but I don't think she'd have fallen for this stuff. She was born in 1963, long before the current insanity took hold, and was a fan of Robert A. Heinlein and his philosophies. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (wzUl9) 230
All of this rioting is to cover up for the criminality of the politicians in Minnesota.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m) ------------- Absolutely. They're all organized, funded, and trained by Democrat-Islamunist dark money foundations, NGOs, and organizations. I hope the DOJ is following the money and they're all bankrupted with these domestic terrorism organizers going to prison for a long time ... a man can dream. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (G0b3R) 231
Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH) Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (cS1cw) 233
They knew. They were in on it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:15 PM (viF8m) --- I wouldn't be surprised to see that this was Dem-engineered, knowing that a good part could be paid back in donations to the party. If that's the case, are Somalians going to vote Republican? Or the people who support them? Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (Q4cxx) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (XuXeR) 235
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end? Posted by: It's me donna =========== I bet they know perfectly well it will end in ICE's favor, but they want to obstruct it and raise as much hell as possible to enhance their political/media/NGO futures. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (x4Mz/) 236
Well reading Walz might pack it up next week so Minnesota will need another Marxist to take over the fraud handouts
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0) 237
221 I've been thinking that. It could be fun when he and Amy Klobuchar debate.
Combs at ten paces. Winner gets the Seafood salad. Posted by: 2026 Minnesota Gubenatorial Debate Committee at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (fjo1b) 238
219 Getting rid of the Land o Lakes squaw is making more sense by the minute. Wait till you see the culturally enhanced replacement.
Posted by: connected and litigious ----------- Two queers fucking in an ice fishing tent. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (4BNa1) 239
231 Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH) I thought Bondi said she fired them ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (VE6XX) 240
>>Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
According to Bondi they didn't resign. She fired them. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (viF8m) 241
Insurrection? LOL Send in the boys from Ft. Hood, Ft. Jackson, and Ft. Bragg.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (qFwJc) 242
"The same people who degrade and blame men for everything are now looking for a hero to tell that that everything is going to be okay."
And, according to the video, she'll remember you weren't there for her in her moment of perceived crisis. Boy will she remember. She'll remember like an autistic elephant. She'll remember so hard she'll have it etched on her tombstone. And his if she's still around. Guys know this already. The sane ones will still tell you to stop with the hysteria. The rest, who don't, are soy, fembot adjacent. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (gLikB) 243
I guess aborting your unborn baby is a form of Family "planning".. Or lack thereof
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (VE6XX) --- The irony is that PP is used most by people because they DIDN'T plan. And least by people who did. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (Q4cxx) 244
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:05 PM (ewjUl)
Hi! Hope you're staying safe! Posted by: pookysgirl, Hawkeye for life at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM Yep, I am all good, thanks. I live far enough away from the Twin Shitties. I live in MAGA country (our county went like 75% PDT) (No Jussie Smollet) Like the other Rons and Ette's in states with blue hell hole capitol's we get bunched in with the Citiots. I just said to my wife that I highly doubt I will EVEER step foot in Saint Pothole or Minniehopeless again. And I feel no sadness about it. I liked going to Wild games, and the occasional Vikings game but other than hockey I've given up on sports. There's nothing there of interest to me. Up north where I live, we would be happy to have them secede from the state. Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (ewjUl) 245
Send in Treadstone assets. MN will be fixed in a jiffy.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 05:19 PM (cS1cw) 246
Walz just made another video firing up the mob to attack ICE, and NOW demands someone else lower the temperature?????
------------ One word: Imagine that in sub-freezing temperatures ... it moved. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (G0b3R) 247
They knew. They were in on it.
Posted by: JackStraw Tom Emmer probably knew about it as well considering he was sucking off the Somolians. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (mlg/3) 248
This is nuts. Tina Peters was charged with a misdemeanor. The jury convicted her of a misdemeanor. The judge screwed up the jury instruction, using language that's relevant for the felony version of the charge. Now the prosecutor is arguing in front of a panel of judges that Peters COULD have been convicted of the felony, and therefore Peters should serve the sentence of the felony.
http://tiny.cc/iupx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (Yp6az) 249
>>I wouldn't be surprised to see that this was Dem-engineered, knowing that a good part could be paid back in donations to the party.
I'm sure that was part of it. I'm equally sure they were getting a cut personally as well. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (viF8m) 250
"And when they say they want their men to "protect" them, what they really mean is that they want men to literally go to war with the government and die as martyrs while these unfuckable fat-asses sit on their couches at home typing revolutionary rhetoric on Redit"
AWFUL women are stronk and independent and can do anything a man can do at least 2x better...until it comes to doing the hard revolutionary stuff. Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (9Ovst) 251
Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH) I thought Bondi said she fired them ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 05:18 PM (VE6XX) --- They were all gung-ho on prosecuting the ICE officer. They either resigned because Bondi told them she didn't tell them to do that, or she fired them. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (Q4cxx) 252
240 >>Notice how all MN's top federal prosecutors resigned last night?
According to Bondi they didn't resign. She fired them. Posted by: JackStraw ======== The long story is none of them wanted to do their jobs anymore so they demanded terminal vacay leave before retiring. Bondi said tough shit and fired them for not doing their jobs. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6) 253
The Blade will offer some protection for these mentally-ill harridan twats. He’ll protect his dick from them. Never stick your dick in crazy … unless she’s hot enough to be worth the risk. These ladies ain’t even close.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (vGaW9) 254
They were all gung-ho on prosecuting the ICE officer. They either resigned because Bondi told them she didn't tell them to do that, or she fired them.
Posted by: Axeman I read where they had already put in requests to retire before the shooting but wanted to ride out their vacay time before quitting. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (WDjG6) 255
220 ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS) I am disappointed about this, but I assume Trump would only do this if he were maneuvering for something better. We'll see. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FMtrg) 256
This is nuts. Tina Peters was charged with a misdemeanor. The jury convicted her of a misdemeanor. The judge screwed up the jury instruction, using language that's relevant for the felony version of the charge. Now the prosecutor is arguing in front of a panel of judges that Peters COULD have been convicted of the felony, and therefore Peters should serve the sentence of the felony.
http://tiny.cc/iupx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (Yp6az) --- Dems are always innovating on the law. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (Q4cxx) 257
Now the prosecutor is arguing in front of a panel of judges that Peters COULD have been convicted of the felony, and therefore Peters should serve the sentence of the felony.
Remember when the left claimed the 00 election was stolen all the elected officials involved worked together to give them direct access to voting data to prove that it was not. And in the 20 election the Democrat arrested, cancelled, and imprisoned anyone that wanted to look at the actual voting data Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm) 258
Ugh, she’s made another video complaining about men, just served up on my X feed. Naggy, nag naaaagggggggg!
@Meme’nOnLibs Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (Hkcdp) 259
One of the things I'm sick of hearing is that the Evil ICE Monsters are separating familie
Anybody that goes to prison gets separated from their family. Hell, don't pay your child support in the state will separate you from your family. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FzgDV) 260
I hate the humidity in Florida, but it seems like the only state where the leaders have any modicum of sense. Moving there gets more tempting every year.
Of course, this is also the state that almost voted in Andrew Gillum. The man caught naked with an escort and drugs. It feels like every state, even the well run ones, even Florida, are one generation away from liberal lunacy and lawssness. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 05:23 PM (gWBY1) 261
252 Well, that's one way to do it I guess...
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 05:23 PM (Q0yOR) 262
I think some of those MN prosecutors were already lined up to resign before the Good Assault on the ICE agent. The full story and spin are ripe for mis-intentional representation.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (gLikB) 263
235
Honestly, how do these idiots expect this all to end? Posted by: It's me donna =========== I bet they know perfectly well it will end in ICE's favor, but they want to obstruct it and raise as much hell as possible to enhance their political/media/NGO futures. Posted by: Blonde Morticia ---- The actual facts, true video representation, there is no comprehension of words at the mushy middle, has to get into that massive 40% of inattentive voting population brain stem or that crap will continue. Right now these festering problems are, 'over there'. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (4BNa1) 264
Well reading Walz might pack it up next week so Minnesota will need another Marxist to take over the fraud handouts
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0) -------------- When I read "Walz might pack it up" -- I immediately visualized him butt-f*cking Frey. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (G0b3R) 265
I had an email message from Fox news..."President is prepared to send troops......" It cut off there. I thought to myself "thank God", until I opened it and saw the rest..."...to Iran".
WTF? DO SOMETHING ABOUT MINNESTOTA! Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (FW+49) 266
This is hilarious. Neither Frey nor Walz learned anything from the past few weeks.
All Trump has to do is invoke the Insurrection Act and 1 minute later Frey and Walz are bagged and brought in to trial. And the rest of Minneapolis is under martial law. Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (qFwJc) 267
Frey needs a therapy goat
x.com/GrageDustin/status/2011913714681745425 Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (gKWVE) 268
Tom Emmer probably knew about it as well considering he was sucking off the Somolians. Posted by: weft cut-loop ============== I bet he did, but he's too Minnesota Nice (=Minnesota Coward) to act. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:24 PM (x4Mz/) 269
Brave AI summary of MN prosecutor story
"Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she fired six federal prosecutors in Minnesota after they attempted to resign in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of ICE protester Renee Nicole Good. Bondi claimed the prosecutors refused to support ICE and wanted to use their annual leave through April, calling it a taxpayer-funded "vacation." During an appearance on Hannity, Bondi said: “I fired them all. They’re fired from the office.” She accused the prosecutors of not wanting to support law enforcement and criticized one for doing a photo shoot with The New York Times while ICE agents were “risking their lives.” The affected prosecutors include Joseph Thompson, Harry Jacobs, Melinda Williams, Thomas Calhoun-Lopez, Ruth Schneider, and Tom Hollenhurst. A DOJ spokesperson previously said their resignations were unrelated to the shooting and tied to early retirement plans, but Bondi insisted their actions were a political refusal to cooperate with ICE investigations." Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (WDjG6) 270
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (Yp6az)
--- I remember Dems screaming about "due process" as if it meant something to them. It does when used about border-jumpers, but it doesn't mean the same thing when applied to enemies of The Party. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (Q4cxx) 271
Tump is making a mess of this. Either shit or get off the pot.
Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (cpys8) 272
Anybody that goes to prison gets separated from their family. Hell, don't pay your child support in the state will separate you from your family.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FzgDV) --- Shhh. They're on a roll. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:27 PM (Q4cxx) 273
And remember, if your wife says some crazy, stupid shit that if put into practice would get you and her killed, contradicting or correcting her in any way is abusive and controlling.
Posted by: These new rules suck at January 15, 2026 05:27 PM (TbWk/) 274
This is Fort Sumter stuff. ============ If for no other reason than that their positions as stated are incomprehensible. There's no instructing them or informing them what the consequences of continuing on their current course will be. All you can do is assess their actions and respond accordingly. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (x4Mz/) 275
So...Chevy is recalling 80,000 vehicles due to faulty pedestrian warning systems. Well...Hell!!! I wonder if poor what's her face was driving a Chevy???
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (2WIwB) 276
Anybody that goes to prison gets separated from their family. Hell, don't pay your child support in the state will separate you from your family.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FzgDV) Then take away your driver's license and put you in jail so you can't earn any money to pay the child support. Posted by: Talk about catch 22s at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (TbWk/) 277
Tom Emmer probably knew about it as well considering he was sucking off the Somolians.
Posted by: weft cut-loop ====== He was informed of such by constituents months ago but he instead implying they were racist. "We did not ask for those Somalis. Nobody asked us if we, in St. Cloud, want those Somalis. And we understand that social groups, like the Lutheran social service and the Catholic charities, they’re dumping them in areas like St. Cloud,” the man could be heard stating. “OK, and so the question is, how many more are coming? We didn’t ask for these people. Everybody that you read about is talking about this. So that is a main issue in this city,” the man added. “There is no control. The people have no control over any immigration. The mayor doesn’t. I don’t know.” "In the recorded town hall (2016), Emmer pushes back on the man, with Chace describing the lawmaker as firing “a warning shot at the implicit racism” directed at Somalis. Emmer argues that Somalis are one of “the fastest-assimilating populations,” prompting audible groans of disapproval. “Oh, you gotta be kidding me,” one man could be heard stating." Source Daily Caller story 12/29/25 Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (WDjG6) 278
Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (cpys
You can write to him at whitehouse.gov. He probably isn't reading comment # 271 at ASHQ. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (Nx5jP) Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (gKWVE) 280
The problem that if Timpon leaves, the Lt. Governor is a batshit crazy nutter who wore a Hijab when she was touring one of the Semelly areas. She also is a feirce tranny proponent. She's fucking crazier than Timpon. And that is saying something!
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (ewjUl) 281
Brave AI summary of MN prosecutor story
"Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she fired six federal prosecutors in Minnesota after they attempted to resign in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of ICE protester Renee Nicole Good. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:25 PM (WDjG6) --- The underlined could cover the part I'm talking about. But yeah, Bondi said she fired them because they wanted to take vacation--but it's protest that the ICE guy might not be fried. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (Q4cxx) 282
211 Walz is calling on Trump "to lower the temperature" on the unrest.
Fine. Walz, you and your junkyard dogs Frey and Ellison need to stand the fuck down. Your "citizen army" of paid protesters need to go home. Get a grip on the local unrest and enforce a curfew. Do that. For the remainder of the month and let ICE do it's job. No? Well, fuck you... war. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 05:11 PM (U2OZr) Ain't nobody going to be calling 911 for these libtards. 811 maybe (dig safe), but not 911. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (N39Ws) 283
FREY: "...They are going to stand up for their neighbors."
AND they will be arrested for their multiple criminal acts, among them "fighting ice agents, stopping them from enforcing the law". Frey recognizes they are a criminal mafia ... BUT, he apologizes on their behalf. All those that participated in the multiple frauds must be either arrested and convicted, or at least deported "back home to the mothership", Somalia. But get them on tape first, admitting their crimes and their allegiance to the homeland, and their hate for America. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (vbXSk) 284
262 I think some of those MN prosecutors were already lined up to resign before the Good Assault on the ICE agent. The full story and spin are ripe for mis-intentional representation.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel --- I followed the Good shooting closely. Representation was, not even the NY Post, never clear or complete. It wasn't until conversation here, yesterday, and more searching that I was able to piece together the evolution and the reality of events as they happened. (there's one original clip that I can't find) It's going to be one messed up trial. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (4BNa1) Posted by: Bremerloes and Grotonpotomi at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (0sNs1) 286
ACLU dropped their lawsuit for Planned Parenthood because Trump had HHS return the Title X family planning funds back.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 05:14 PM (ZB0nS) I am disappointed about this, but I assume Trump would only do this if he were maneuvering for something better. We'll see. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 05:22 PM (FMtrg) ----------- According to pro-life advocates and former officials, HHS was "virtually certain to lose" the case because the Judge was a Lefty Loon -- which could have forced the administration to repay the funds plus interest and attorneys’ fees. Why not just appeal the loss all the way to the SCOTUS? Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (G0b3R) 287
Tump is making a mess of this. Either shit or get off the pot. Posted by: resist_we_much ============== They've actually backed off a bit. Walz is calling on citizens to be peaceful and not fall for Trump's bait. Frey is saying similar things. They might have been scared by Trump's threats. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (x4Mz/) 288
Actually reading about the Decembrests in Russia in 1826 many wives actually went with their husbands to the prison camps in Siberia, sometimes with children but not often
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0) 289
Frey, Walz, and Ellison are talking to Reddit people.
Trump is talking to the rest of us. They are clearly using this as diversion, but they forget the new rules: it ain't 2020 Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (XLfSN) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX) 291
Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM
Hi Mike, Slither back to wherever you came from. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. And GFY on the way home. Posted by: Minnfidel at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (ewjUl) 292
I appreciate the women who dye their hair unnatural colours (little English lingo there). Makes them easier to identify. And avoid.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (MZ+PY) 293
I won’t be standin’ still for no shovel beatin.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (o2ZRX) 294
The average American single person grocery bill is about $300-$500 month
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm) --- Unless you also have 5 cats... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (ESVrU) 295
Isn't it racist to assume that people who are brown or blacked skinned from other countries have no moral authority, and therefore should be excused for all their criminal acts?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (Nx5jP) 296
280 It's not analysis; it's a -
Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (ujaKg) Is this AI? Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (gKWVE) Raimondo's more articulate, but not smarter, brother. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (uWKK8) 297
All those that participated in the multiple frauds must be either arrested and convicted, or at least deported "back home to the mothership", Somalia. But get them on tape first, admitting their crimes and their allegiance to the homeland, and their hate for America.
Posted by: illiniwek --- It's more important to get them out of here FOREVER than to convict them. Give them a fucking exit medal that they can hock when they get home. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (4BNa1) 298
You can write to him at whitehouse.gov. He probably isn't reading comment # 271 at AoSHQ.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM But all of the rest of us are! I've been informed it's the current thing! Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1) 299
The average American single person grocery bill is about $300-$500 month
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm) --- Unless you also have 5 cats... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 05:32 PM (ESVrU) --- Which will save you money on funeral arrangements.... Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 05:33 PM (Q4cxx) 300
Weaponized empathy works on them; they think it'll work on you.
And if that's not working, they'll kill some woman and try to weaponize chivalry, because they are depraved enough to think it'll coerce you to cede your freedom and rights to them. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 05:33 PM (HXT0k) 301
They've actually backed off a bit. Walz is calling on citizens to be peaceful and not fall for Trump's bait. Frey is saying similar things. They might have been scared by Trump's threats.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 05:30 PM (x4Mz/) Doesn't matter. This is political theatre to cut him off at the knees come midterms. When they get back in power, they'll flood the country with the 3rd world and have us all in cattle cars. He needs to stop fucking around and either do what he said, or do nothing at all. Right now, he's just pissing everyone off. Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 05:34 PM (cpys8) 302
I am single and it runs about $250-$300 for food, and I am always looking for sales and another $200 in miscellaneous (toilet cleaner, paper products, etc. etc. etc.)
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 05:34 PM (qFwJc) 303
I followed the Good shooting closely. Representation was, not even the NY Post, never clear or complete.
It wasn't until conversation here, yesterday, and more searching that I was able to piece together the evolution and the reality of events as they happened. (there's one original clip that I can't find) It's going to be one messed up trial. Posted by: Braenyard Not going to be a trial. Pretty much for an on duty ICE officer, in the line of duty, state courts have no say in charging them. Supremacy clause (see the Len Horiuchi case (Randy Weaver's wife and kid shooting in Idaho). The only people that could charge the ICE officer are teh DoJ itself and they are not. You might get a civil rights case but again, only in federal court, not state and qualified immunity is a really hard thing to breach in civil suits for plaintiffs even if you win at district court level with a deranged judge and jury. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:34 PM (WDjG6) 304
This is Fort Sumter stuff.
=== The call is coming from inside the house!! Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX) --- What are you wearing? Posted by: Jacob Frey-like Voice at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (Q4cxx) 305
They were all gung-ho on prosecuting the ICE officer. They either resigned because Bondi told them she didn't tell them to do that, or she fired them.
Posted by: Axeman That's just the media spin. 4 of the lead PAs in Minnesota were directly involved in prosecuting a LEO in the Breonna Taylor case. There was gross misconduct on their part. They were about to be fired. Renee Good is just a deflection. tiny.cc/2vpx001 Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (vzcgi) 306
Frey is owned.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM You wouldn't believe our monthly sardine bill. Posted by: Big Penguin at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1) 307
Many years ago we had a group of young people that were routinely vandalizing a park across the street. I decided I was the park watch commander.
One evening they were at it and my husband and I decided to overwatch... they took exception to our presence and I got lippy, a "Karen" if you will and started screaming at them to get out. A very large male got in my face and called me a cunt. I slugged him in the mouth. He started screaming assault! Yer going to jail! Police were called by neighbors who overheard the argument. I told them what happened and they ruled my reaction as reasonable given the cunt word invoked, and let us go. Once home, my husband launched on me for putting not only me, but him in severe danger. The guy was 20 years younger, 5" taller and had him by 100lbs, and he said he would be compelled to defend me if it escalated further, and he was sure to be injured if that happened. Never seen him so mad. That was the first time I truly understood the reality and true danger of inciting physical engagement. Ladies, do not write a check with your mouth that your body or your spouse, can't cash. Shut up. Posted by: Derak at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (ce3ev) 308
and, just like in entertainment, it's a bust. no one's buying. the gay chicks are just too unlikeable, even a junkie is more relatable
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:41 PM (emBoF) That's a good point. Yes, even George Floyd, the neighborhood bully/junkie/dealer/crook/goon, was more sympathetic than the Kathleen Kennedy version. He had a nice smile in that one photo! Easy and relaxed, with neither over-wide sanpaku (three-whites) crazy eyes, nor the small hard eyes of bitter strumpets with an ocean of free-floating resentment looking for a target to land on. I would in fact rather deal with a great big thug than a man-hating SJW, since I would favor my odds to talk my way around or just outrun him. Posted by: SciVo at January 15, 2026 05:35 PM (Sy6m/) 309
They've actually backed off a bit. Walz is calling on citizens to be peaceful and not fall for Trump's bait. Frey is saying similar things. They might have been scared by Trump's threats.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia More like the Attorney General for Minnesota has explained to those two that if they keep this shit up, they'll have military on the streets real military. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 05:36 PM (FzgDV) 310
281 Brave AI summary of MN prosecutor story
"Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that she fired six federal prosecutors in Minnesota after they attempted to resign in protest over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of ICE protester Renee Nicole Good. Posted by: whig ---- Good for her. It wouldn't be difficult for her to fire six every day. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (4BNa1) 311
A prosecutor who tries Frey for treason and tries to convince me as a juror that Frey should be executed would have my vote.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (/lPRQ) 312
Lumping Tucker with Fuentes/Owens as antisemite-adjacent? Dishonest as hell.
---------- Ace has posted numerous videos of Cucker obsessing about and blaming Joooos for all manner of ills around the world (hell, I attended the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service and Tucker even "went there" there). You're right: Cucker's not antisemite-adjacent; he's antisemite-central. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (G0b3R) 313
Either way the MN prosecutors are out of their no-show jobs.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 05:37 PM (wBaIH) 314
Late to the party, but -
OK. Pull CBP from MN. See how long Mr. Frey likes having an international airport that cannot receive international flights not cleared by CBP elsewhere. Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (0GYGE) 315
NOOD dark money funding of domestic terrorism
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (G0b3R) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX) 317
The underlined could cover the part I'm talking about. But yeah, Bondi said she fired them because they wanted to take vacation--but it's protest that the ICE guy might not be fried.
Posted by: Axeman ========= The rest of the quote- I posted above had quotes from a previous story from DoJ sources indicating they were already planning on retiring before the shooting. So it could be a bit of Bondi bravado or the earlier sources for whatever reason did not want to mention the real reasons because politics. Bondi doesn't have the greatest credibility when she goes to the media but then again, neither do anonymous sources at the DoJ. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:38 PM (WDjG6) 318
I think weeks ago leakers in ICE told the Dems when the current large-scale Minnesota ICE op is scheduled to wind-down. I hear the next large scale targeted ICE op is planned soon, in NYC. The NYC op may not begin on schedule if substantial ICE manpower remains in Minneapolis.
Walz, Fry, and Antifa are working to keep the chaos going and increasing to the end of the current Minneapolis ICE op. Then they'll claim victory over Trump and ICE. Scoring points for future political runs. (Walz is delusional enough to think he has a future as a big-time Democrat politician.) No one on the command level of left has anything to gain by reducing the chaos. Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2026 05:39 PM (5rh/l) Posted by: Chinese Dalek at January 15, 2026 05:40 PM (Q4cxx) 320
So...Chevy is recalling 80,000 vehicles due to faulty pedestrian warning systems. Well...Hell!!! I wonder if poor what's her face was driving a Chevy???
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 05:28 PM (2WIwB) The horn works on my suburban. I tested it. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (8zz6B) 321
It's going to be one messed up trial.
Posted by: Braenyard Not going to be a trial. Pretty much for an on duty ICE officer, in the line of duty, state courts have no say in charging them. Supremacy clause (see the Len Horiuchi case (Randy Weaver's wife and kid shooting in Idaho). The only people that could charge the ICE officer are teh DoJ itself and they are not. You might get a civil rights case but again, only in federal court, not state and qualified immunity is a really hard thing to breach in civil suits for plaintiffs even if you win at district court level with a deranged judge and jury. Posted by: whig --- Good. She would have killed that cop. Assault with a deadly weapon. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (4BNa1) 322
" when they say they want their men to "protect" them, what they really mean is that they want men to literally go to war with the government and die as martyrs while these unfuckable fat-asses sit on their couches at home typing revolutionary rhetoric on Redit."
The antebellum women were some of the most virulent proponents about going to war with the US government. Add this to democrat-run States nullifying the Federal government's role in the country, Tim Waltz calling for insurrection in so many words, the courts excessively siding and protecting the principles of the new Confederacy, The Democrats devaluing US citizenship in favor of an illegal alien population, and so on, It takes us to a place that increasingly looks like 1860. I do have to say I never considered that Minnesota would become Bleeding Minnesota. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 05:41 PM (HTCU3) 323
lesbians are my neighbors?
~29 years ago I got hosed by the downstairs neighbor lesbians... They moved out and left the garden hose. Posted by: DaveA at January 15, 2026 05:42 PM (FhXTo) 324
Ace has posted numerous videos of Cucker obsessing about and blaming Joooos for all manner of ills around the world (hell, I attended the Charlie Kirk Memorial Service and Tucker even "went there" there).
You're right: Cucker's not antisemite-adjacent; he's antisemite-central. Posted by: ShainS People adopt media personalities like they are friendz and shit. Those media personalities, in turn, would laugh and not even piss on such a viewer if they were on fire. The personality would be busy filming and practicing a 'sad' and 'concerned' face. Media panels are just like pro wrestling and fake fight with each other for the same reason. Just like they play around with each other and laugh about the fools watching them and go to the bar together and get a drink. Same with many of the slugs and staffers on Capitol Hill. The show is for the audience, not reality. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:43 PM (WDjG6) 325
Watching that Peters argument was amazing. I've done some appellate work and there is no way the courts action will be affirmed. The judge who screwed up and then went political on Peters should be removed from the bench.
The only the the States's attorney was correct on was "I don't think I'm going to convince you" Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 05:45 PM (Oql3v) 326
Good. She would have killed that cop.
Assault with a deadly weapon. Posted by: Braenyard The Rehnquist court created qualified immunity for just that sort of situation--split second decisions of law enforcement. Then the rest of the judiciary decided it covered some fatass bureaucrat with plenty of warning they were acting unlawfully in doing unconstitutional shit to citizens whether DEI or some other noxious quest. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 05:46 PM (WDjG6) 327
And remember, if your wife says some crazy, stupid shit that if put into practice would get you and her killed, contradicting or correcting her in any way is abusive and controlling.
Don't forget to include flat-ass broke in that list... Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 05:47 PM (XMwZJ) 328
Jacob Frey always looks like he just finished a rough all-nighter as the bathhouse bottom
Posted by: Does this dress make me look fag at January 15, 2026 10:01 PM (fKeBm) Paramount's "Landman" Takes on Fragile SJW Pronoun Sissies; Newest, Gayest Star Trek Ever Crashes In RatingsEmily Juniper 🇺🇸🇦🇺 𝕩I know someone who's watching it. She told me that liberal women are attacking the show for failing to write liberal women accurately. (Landman's wife is an AWFL.) She said no, the show does write liberal women completely accurately -- you just don't like seeing yourselves represented honestly.
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BLADE IS FIRST TO DROP THE NUKE
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/) 2
I've seen clips. It looks interesting. (Landman, not Gay 90210 in space.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zjgNU) 3
In other celery news, a Wet Bandit (Dan Stern) got caught soliciting prostitutes -
youtu.be/VKnEs9VfK20 Ho, ho, ho! Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (gKWVE) 4
“Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT) 5
This is the first I even heard of a new Star Trek show.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (h/O4U) 6
And Whoreywood still wonders why everything they make is crap.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (qFwJc) Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (DgMqy) 8
Star Trek Academy apparently maxed out at 1300 viewers during the premier.
Nerdrotic just had a live stream consisting of a Spock figure sitting on his chair and got 3000 viewers before he started reading superchats. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (vSvIl) 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayHKDgWfgfA
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (jrgJz) 10
The first season of Picard was basically women in command going all butch and screaming at all the men. Unwatchable.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (IifOV) 11
If Paramount can get show runners for Star Trek who don’t hate it and aren’t embarrassed by it, then it might have a chance to be relevant again. With the current show runners, not a chance.
Posted by: Open Channel D at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (gYnrv) 12
I never cared for Star Trek in any iteration. Yeah, there are elements that I like - the Borg in TNG is one of the most compelling antagonists ever - but as a whole, no. Kurtzman is a hack intent on destroying Star Trek because he is an uncreative propagandist. All Trekkies have my sympathies for this one and much else this side of 2005 besides.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (0GYGE) 13
Recently saw on Youtube someone morphing the Sopranos and Star Trek the Next Generation, calling it Sopranos: The Next Generation. It's hilarious. Better to watch than the new Cadet show. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (IifOV) 14
Even if it reflected the retrograde values of say, the 1990s, a show about Starfleet Academy would be insufferably dumb. No one wants to see 90210 but with tachyons.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (TdYBy) 15
Landman has been entertaining. Not cerebral by any stretch, but also not ghey and stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (U2OZr) 16
I'm so old that I remember hating Capt. Janeway.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (qFwJc) 17
“Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT) Yes. She made bad choices. I'm willing to grant her some grace and accept that she thought she'd scare the agent by gunning it towards him, without out meaning to hit him. But that's a stupid choice and directly responsible for her death. At to the "chaos" her (and those like her) previous stupid choices are what is driving the chaos in our world, NOT enforcing the laws that Democrats don't like. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (zjgNU) 18
Saw a post on X where Redlettermedia's new DS9 Season 1 review got more views than Starfleet Academy so far.
Posted by: Geoff Shotts at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (13ivK) 19
Ainsley Norris nails it: "Using a plural pronoun for one person is just kind of incorrect."
They misspelled retarded. Posted by: Ripley at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (GUOwU) 20
4 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT) And for all that, she could not understand that the law says that when you enter the United States, you must show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE. You do this very basic, simple task, you will never see ICE. Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (0GYGE) 21
I watched the first season of Landman and was impressed. I haven't got to season 2 yet, but now that it is almost done, I'll be getting to it soon.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (8mulE) 22
I watched most of season 1 on an airplane flight. It was excellent. I'm not willing to spring for Paramount+ though. Pity.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t) 23
1 BLADE IS FIRST TO DROP THE NUKE
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/) The slow blade penetrates the shield. Posted by: Gurney Ha at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (0GYGE) 24
I’ve been saying this for years. You are not plural. There already is a singular, non gender specific pronoun. “It”
Trannies are its Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (fA38o) 25
The new Star Trek looks like a teen soap opera with ugly people. Its such a bizarre choice. I think there's fertile ground for an interesting show around the Starfleet Academy, but in no conceivable way the approach they are taking.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (PYyV9) 26
Saw a recent panel interview that included Trek people, and Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker on TNG) commenting on the new series being different because they cast was allowed to ad lib, and just fluidly speak and how different it was from when they were filming his era of Trek.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (IifOV) 27
Damn fat fingers.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (0GYGE) 28
"Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy.
Full of lead. "Real gentle. Even gentler now. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (TdYBy) 29
Studio exec: Why wouldn't Ainsley vet her roommate on IG in advance of move-in day like everyone else?
Movie Pitch Guy: So the scene can happen! Studio exec: OK! Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (GD2xa) 30
Paramount's Landman OBLITERATES the pronouns argument after the show introduced a non-binary character as Ainsley Norris's TCU roommate.
Non-binary roommate: 'So what are your pronouns?' Ainsley Norris: 'My pronouns? I'd hope that was pretty clear?' Me: 'Hey! Yeah you. The fucking nut'. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (FzgDV) 31
Fire pronoun torpedoes!
Posted by: Josephistan at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (FLx59) 32
There are no Republican or Democrat TV shows.
Posted by: John Roberts at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (gGWDB) 33
I have heard good stuff about Landman and have liked the clips I have seen. its not as Based as it might look from the clips but better than most.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (PYyV9) 34
Willowed, related entertainment comment about AWFLs:
I've also enjoyed the takes on why millennial AWFL women have made straight men so toxic to them, the only men they can handle are supernatural studs in their porn, or happily watch gay men in a hockey TV show having sex with each other. Theories as to how they have emasculated men in their real lives, choose the bear over men, and yet want virile masculinity in their fiction. It's been entertaining to read. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (gWBY1) 35
We watched both series of Landman and I loved it. My husband gets irritated at what he calls the soap opera stuff and sex vs violence. I ignore him and we continue.Lots of comments about Tommy's insane wife. Love Nate the lawyer. I want the son to shave his pitiful goatee.
We both cracked up at his definition of The View, and roared over the dorm scene of the pronoun issue. The dyke was played perfectly. It was perfect in her safe space issues and she even had a stinky ferret (let's not forget the ferret's pronouns). To make Ainsely seem smart took a lot, and this part of the show did (I defend her when my husband mocks her). We loved it and want more! I am a huge Sam Elliot fan, but know he's a lefty in politics. We veer from movies, to comedy, to various series,Westerns, to violence and mayhem. It all depends on what the remote control guy lands on and we approve (meaning no ghey stuff or really hideous stuff). We watch tv a total of 1hr a day (not counting his sports stuff in the basement while I read). Landman suited us for about 2wks of our hourly tv brainspan and our own dialogue. We hope for a 3rd series. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (WONhk) 36
The new Star Trek has got to be money laundering or some kind of tax scam. Not even the wokest leftist retard could possibly have looked at this radioactive dumpster fire of a series and said "yea, this is gonna be a hit."
The series looks shoddy and cheap, has a plot nobody is interested in, annoying doofus characters and bad casting, comically bad marketing, and and overall ooze of sad regret bleeding like what was left of that Planet Fitness pervert's dick after he finished jackhammering off. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/) 37
Star Trek was already plenty gay. Nobody was asking for more gay in Star Trek.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (fA38o) 38
Landman's wife is not a liberal. She is just bipolar and sort of a gold digger, but then she randomly left her millionaire husband to hook up with her ex who lived in the equivalent of an oil company dorm. She mostly plays as a nutjob with plot armor (attacking someone with no consequences, winning $300k at a casino, etc.).
Posted by: Anon at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (Z4pVM) Posted by: Ripley at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (GUOwU) 40
21 I watched the first season of Landman and was impressed. I haven't got to season 2 yet, but now that it is almost done, I'll be getting to it soon.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (8mulE) I just can't take the women in the show. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (TdYBy) 41
"The early performance of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is shaping up to be a serious warning sign for Paramount+, with the show's free YouTube premiere delivering alarmingly weak engagement numbers that undercut the platform's entire conversion strategy and marked the show as a flop from the get-go."
Wait, the female Jem'Hadar (in DS9 they're all male because they're bred to be warriors) didn't boost viewership? Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (9Ovst) 42
(Landman's wife is an AWFL.)
Uh, no. In that episode, the wife marches into the student life director and demands her daughter, Ainsley, be transferred out of the doom room with the butch trannies. The wife bullies the director into giving the daughter a pass to stay off-campus. She maybe a gold-digging huuur but a liberal she ain't. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (mlg/3) 43
From that pronouns clip, it looks like Landman might be a fun show.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s) 45
"Chris Gore reported that sources inside Paramount told him that the show's ratings are in the "thousands." Thousands. Not millions, thousands."
I just checked the viewership: 26K. After watching the above clip I am convinced YouTube is inflating the number. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (HTCU3) 46
I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.
But you look smarter in glasses! On a spaceship? Hundreds of years in the future? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (HXT0k) 47
So at Starfleet butch lesbo women get to harangue young men of color. Guess the victim hierarchy changed up a little bit in 1000 years.
Posted by: Who writes this shit? It's retarded and gay. at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (TbWk/) 48
commenting on the new series being different because they cast was allowed to ad lib
Yeah that worked so well with Ghostbusters 2016 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (PYyV9) 49
The City on the Edge of Forever was on last night, followed by part 1
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Oql3v) 50
Ainsley Norris: “My pronouns? I’d hope that was pretty clear?”
I remember seeing that clip. Her pronouns are VERY pronounced. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Q7yzj) Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (viF8m) 52
Star Trek was already plenty gay. Nobody was asking for more gay in Star Trek./i]
In TOS Kirk was banging a three woman every couple of episodes. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm) 53
You shouldn't watch teevee. I hate teevee. In fact, I don't have a teevee.
Me and my kin just stare at the walls, the way we're supposed to. And besides, that one show has that actor who said something I don't like. And the gays. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG) 54
I’m beginning to think I might have to start watching Landman. That Ainsley is scorching hot!
Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (zZu0s) 56
Btw, what I've seen of Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout abomination confirms that Todd Howard absolutely hates Fallout New Vegas and is doing everything in his power to make all the events in the game non-canon. This is on top of everything Season 1 did to nuke the canon of the Fallout 1 and 2 games.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (9Ovst) 57
The Ainsley Norris scene is from a documentary right?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (HTCU3) 58
Hundreds of years in the future?
Thousands. They can rebuild someone entirely at will with a transporter but cannot fix her eyes. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (PYyV9) 59
tudio exec: Why wouldn't Ainsley vet her roommate on IG in advance of move-in day like everyone else?
Movie Pitch Guy: So the scene can happen! Studio exec: OK! Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis It was just for a one week cheer camp before classes started, or something. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (mlg/3) 60
"We are Legion, for there are many of us."
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (qFwJc) 61
Me and my kin just stare at the walls, the way we're supposed to.
And besides, that one show has that actor who said something I don't like. And the gays. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG) Kind of, yes. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (gGWDB) 62
I just can't take the women in the show.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (TdYBy) Husband, it that you? I did not know you post or read here! Ace is MINE! He says similar and I see good in them all. Not Cammie, though. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (WONhk) 63
I told someone Taylor Sheridan doesn't really know how to write female characters, and they responded, "What about Beth Dutton?"
I responded, "Exactly! She's heartless, cruel and manipulative, which I'm supposed to accept as some kind Cluster B personality disorder, but then she's also incredibly responsible and competent, which features in none of those pathologies." Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (GD2xa) 64
I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.
Food has to be pretty strictly planned in space and extra weight means extra fuel to move that mass. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm) 65
Isn't there something in this thread we can blame Tucker Carlson and Megan Kelly for? Is "Landman" just a metaphor for hating Jews and loving Putin?
Posted by: jwest at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (KtqtS) 66
54 I’m beginning to think I might have to start watching Landman. That Ainsley is scorching hot!
Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY) There might be a bait and switch later though, as the Ainsley character gets more indoctrinated by college. Watch for her character gaining at least 30 pounds and changing her hair color from blonde to "multi". Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (9Ovst) 67
From that pronouns clip, it looks like Landman might be a fun show.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (dK+Kv) I watched part of the first episode. Did not have time to keep watching right then. Seemed good. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (zZu0s) 68
42 (Landman's wife is an AWFL.)
Uh, no. In that episode, the wife marches into the student life director and demands her daughter, Ainsley, be transferred out of the doom room with the butch trannies. The wife bullies the director into giving the daughter a pass to stay off-campus. She maybe a gold-digging huuur but a liberal she ain't. ------------ Yep, 100% agree with you. BTW, the actor who plays the roommate Paigyn (get it?) looks to be playing himself. I looked him up, a they/them in real life who is married to another guy. Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (I7J98) 69
Your best bet is for Star Trek: limit your viewing to only TOS… TNG is okay, but nothing after that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (YobFY) Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (dP47V) 71
Well, Renee Good's former FIL who must be a Christian said this about her:
https://tinyurl.com/yntphkm2 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (8Xy/A) 72
Sam Elliott: "What's The View?"
Billy Bob Thornton: "A bunch of pissed off millionaires bitching about how much they hate millionaires and Trump and men and you and me." -- Sam Elliott allowed himself to do that scene? Isn't he a blithering leftist (much to my surprise)? I remember him being one of those embarrassing dopes doing a commercial of sorts as one of those "Dudes for Harris." Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (qBdHI) 73
Thousands. They can rebuild someone entirely at will with a transporter but cannot fix her eyes.
The transporter kills you each time but creates a clone at the other end. And as an interesting movie idea...make those clones demon spawns... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm) 74
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (9Ovst)
They never got fallout to begin with, were just fans. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (zZu0s) 75
told someone Taylor Sheridan doesn't really know how to write female characters, and they responded, "What about Beth Dutton?"
I responded, "Exactly! She's heartless, cruel and manipulative, which I'm supposed to accept as some kind Cluster B personality disorder, but then she's also incredibly responsible and competent, which features in none of those pathologies." Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (GD2xa) The dirty secret of cinema and TV is no one wants to watch "realistic" women. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (gGWDB) 76
Yeah - Landman rocks!
Bonus - they film lots of scenes in Fort Worth, so the actors can be seen in local eateries around town. Billy Bob Thornton LOVES Fort Worth and her people - and we love him right back. Funny story - the "set" for one of the restaurants on the show was actually built right outside of the loop on one of the main roads in town. All of the locals saw it going up and thought their neighborhood was getting a new restaurant. They were kinda crushed when they realized it wasn't a real place to eat 🤣🤣🤣 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (SRRAx) 77
Star Trek was already plenty gay. Nobody was asking for more gay in Star Trek.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (fA38o) I was always jealous of people who could watch ST TNG. Because all the chix, even the Perkins 6 level ones, wore those outfits that made their bobs look spectacular. But I just couldn't bring myself to watch more than half an episode. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (dGCAG) 78
69 Your best bet is for Star Trek: limit your viewing to only TOS… TNG is okay, but nothing after that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (YobFY) I got a soft spot for DS9. If anything else, at least that show rescued Worf's character a bit (mostly) from TNG. Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (9Ovst) 79
Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY) He's not woke. Check out his movies: Sicario Hell or High Water Wind River I don't know if he's conservative, but his movies have a normal American sensibility. Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (8mulE) 80
Your best bet is for Star Trek: limit your viewing to only TOS… TNG is okay, but nothing after that
DS9 is ok. I watched TNG at the time but seeing clips now its mostly terrible. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm) 81
I’m probably the only one but I absolutely hated the Beth Dutton character in Yellowstone. Psychopath
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (YobFY) 82
Yes, using plural pronouns for a single individual is incorrect. But, they never take it far enough.
I got asked to leave a meeting at my bank (on business loans). There were a group of six of us, and expectedly, the first thing we had to do is go around the table and introduce ourselves. One guy insisted on sharing his "non-binary" pronouns of "They and Them". He specifically stated, "My preferred pronouns are they and them." To which I interjected. "You mean "OUR preferred pronouns are they and them. 'My' is a singular pronoun." He got snippy. I proceeded to correct him every time he used the pronoun "I", which was often. The "They Thems" sure like to talk about themselves incessantly. Eventually, the manager in charge of the meeting asked me to leave, to which I had no problem. On the way out the door I looking at Mr. Plural Pronoun and said, "All of you have a nice day." Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (dIske) 83
Yep, 100% agree with you. BTW, the actor who plays the roommate Paigyn (get it?) looks to be playing himself.
-- Paigyn? Oh, how clever... Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (qBdHI) Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (0e5Te) 85
I don't watch Landman, but I'm glad that denunciation clip includes Tesla. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (x4Mz/) 86
Saw a clip of a roundtable of prog women and sissies.
Landman just isn't as good as it once was. They even had the gall to characterize women being MAGA as "cliched". I mean--in what fucking world?! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (Q4cxx) 87
I finished the first season of Halo. Annoying woke casting, but the show itself wasn't woke.
I have no idea why they wasted so much time on the sideplot with the annoying Korean girl, or why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles, but overall it was better than expected. I'll watch the second season. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/) 88
Isn't there something in this thread we can blame Tucker Carlson and Megan Kelly for? Is "Landman" just a metaphor for hating Jews and loving Putin?
Posted by: jwest How about shapeshifting reptilian aliens who have taken human form and use their abilities to gain political power to manipulate human societies? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (HTCU3) 89
>>> Sam Elliott allowed himself to do that scene? Isn't he a blithering leftist (much to my surprise)? I remember him being one of those embarrassing dopes doing a commercial of sorts as one of those "Dudes for Harris."
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (qBdHI) Acting! For $$. Like Tucker and Megyn and probably a whole lot more. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (3uBP9) 90
I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ) 91
The female Jem'Hadar are left behind. They don't go into battle. They stay home and bake cookies, make dinner and sandwiches, keep the house spotless, raise and educate the children, and are very, very loving when hubby comes home.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (qFwJc) 92
But I just couldn't bring myself to watch more than half an episode.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (dGCAG) You should try watching the other half. Those things are meant to be viewed in pairs. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (gGWDB) 93
I got a soft spot for DS9. If anything else, at least that show rescued Worf's character a bit (mostly) from TNG.
Posted by: Thrawn I think DS9 is actually better than the first and last seasons of TNG. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mlg/3) 94
why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles,
One of the things to consider when you see say ScarJo muff spin some 250 bruiser to the ground in a marvel movie is that the only way that happens if if the bruiser allows it... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm) 95
So.... the debate about which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek will now come down to which has been more destroyed by Wokeness.
Interesting. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mP0Kj) 96
This is what us normals are up against - here's a profile of the roommate - these people live in a very different world than mine: https://tinyurl.com/6swda7xt
Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (I7J98) 97
In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at, it makes up for a lot of plot holes.
This version looks like an endless iterations of the repulsively transgender people interacting with the planet of the fat frog people. On and on and on. I take one look at that and I want them all to die horribly. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (uWKK8) 98
I also watched the movie Primitive War. Stupid name and bad marketing. But if you're looking for a non-woke bloody action adventure that's basically a cross between Predator, Apocalypse Now, and Jurassic Park, then check it out.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/) 99
I would do very bad things to Beth
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (gGWDB) 100
No one has told me what their pronouns are yet, but I have the perfect response.
“My pronouns are zer/they/them.” “Cool, my adjectives are uncaring/disinterested/bored/disgusted.” Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (fA38o) 101
I’m probably the only one but I absolutely hated the Beth Dutton character in Yellowstone. Psychopath
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:46 PM (YobFY) You're not the only one. She was a butter-face and only got away with her badass attitude because John Dutton was her daddy. Anybody else not named Dutton who acted like her - man or woman - would have gotten their ass kicked promptly and repeatedly. Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (dP47V) 102
Watch for her character gaining at least 30 pounds and changing her hair color from blonde to "multi".
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (9Ovst) Naw. Will never happen. She's her Mama's girl and a Texas cheerleader. I was similar to her in looks but very, very naive with guys. I knew what they wanted and it was not to give (after some HS drive in adventures OF HAVING MY EAR LICKED! Which I still can't figure out what that was supposed to do to me). In college I still had the ability to see through people and fakes and wackos. Rarely dated but had guy friends. Granted, my thinking became a bit more liberal, as I believed the propaganda from the newspaper for awhile regarding politics. It didn't stick as once I had our first baby boy I was a Reagan Conservative. Ainsley would rather go into a convent than be a ferret dyke. Or cut her hair. Or give up quarterbacks. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (WONhk) 103
You should try watching the other half. Those things are meant to be viewed in pairs.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (gGWDB) I was already done by then, so I just went and got something to eat. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (dGCAG) 104
The premiere episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy debuted on YouTube with a live premiere that peaked at roughly 1,300 concurrent viewers.
--- I fully expect half of those numbers to be YouTubers "hate-watching" the series so they could make content later ripping it to shreds. I think a few YouTubers have checked out and don't even want to bother because it's so bad. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (ESVrU) 105
So.... the debate about which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek will now come down to which has been more destroyed by Wokeness.
The first SW series was a good space opera when space operas were rare. ST has always had an issue where it sort of wants to be more serious SF but isn't willing to really make that jump. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (sKqQm) 106
TNG sucked Horta butt from day one.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (vFG9F) 107
Food has to be pretty strictly planned in space and extra weight means extra fuel to move that mass.
They create the food with the transporter now out of... I dunno, I am not sure anyone ever actually explained where it comes from. Human waste maybe Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (PYyV9) 108
And apparently, they don't have google in the future.
The actual quote is, "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and exuberance/skill." No versions have "youth and a smart mouth." Smart mouth isn't just wrong, it's stupid and make absolutely no sense. And no one attributes it to Oscar Wilde. If you wanted more reasons to mock the show. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (HXT0k) 109
I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ) Isn't Netflix always a pay wall? Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (dGCAG) 110
I’ve still got the hots for that seductive green alien female in that one episode of TOS. Kirk you lucky bastard!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM (k0PcD) 111
That now famous speech BBT gives about windmills in Landman doesn't have to be political, it's mainly calling a spade a spade. It's mainly making the case that there are four lights.
It just requires Sheridan or his writers to not be sold-out, lie-for-the-cause lefties. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (Q4cxx) 112
ugh so I have to get Paramount now?
it does look like a good show tho. I really felt for that young lady! ugh bad dorm roommates SUCK Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (emBoF) 113
As long as everyone is ok with the fact that any show is just trying to pull you in for a real good sucker punch later.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (3uBP9) 114
I think DS9 is actually better than the first and last seasons of TNG.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mlg/3) The War Arc towards the end of DS9 is one of the best storylines of any Trek, ever. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (uWKK8) 115
Sam Elliot is only a lefty because he can afford to be a lefty.
Did he ever have to work for a living? Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (qFwJc) 116
I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ) Get a v-see box. You'll thank me. Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (dP47V) 117
Oh man, imagine being an intelligent cadet and having to listen to that dyke recite Wilde and act insufferable when you know you'll be a better officer and human.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (aZm/F) 118
> I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured.
It's canon in Trek that they have medicine that fixes your vision. Kirk and McCoy banter about Kirk's glasses and Kirk tells McCoy he's allergic to Retinax. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (Yp6az) 119
Netflix didn't put Landman behind a paywall. Probably Paramount let Netflix air some of their shows for a bit?
Netflix has their own shows. They're nothing like Landman. Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (emBoF) 120
There are no female Jem'Hadar; only males, who go home to their Vorta twinks.
Posted by: you know it's true at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (gKWVE) 121
ugh so I have to get Paramount now?
it does look like a good show tho. I really felt for that young lady! ugh bad dorm roommates SUCK Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (emBoF) See me at 116 Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (dP47V) 122
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you." I distinctly saw a character who is not a "person." It was some sort of Romulan or whatever the hell they are -- I haven't watched any Star Trek fare of any sort since the last movie with the original cast. Also, why did that obnoxious DEI trainer quote Oscar Wilde (other than the fact that he was gay)? Have there been no significant additions to English literature or thought between now and Star Date bazillion or whenever it is? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (x4Mz/) 123
The new StarTrek series showcases a body positive... i.e. fat ... holographic character.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (IpwKz) 124
When I heard that the new Star Trek show deals with the premise of "the federation completely disintegrated and fell apart, now we have a new Starfleet Academy to bring different species back together," I knew that liberals were going to HATE it.
Liberal Trek fans I know got smug that in TNG, we'd created a socialist utopia where there's no conflict among federation members on the ship and no need for money. This new show blows all that up. Or will trigger them their perfect fictional socialist utopia failed. Again. It's why I loved TOS. It real raw and real and dealt with real human issues. TNG felt more sterile, like we'd sanded off the rough parts of life by hand waving them away. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (gWBY1) 125
Kelly Reilly a butterface?! I will grant you the woman has gotten older but she has always been sexy as hell. This place.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (gGWDB) 126
In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at, it makes up for a lot of plot holes.
He was romantically involved with nurse Chapel... And she later produced a sort of Star Trek series called Andromeda staring Kevin "Hercules" Sorbo and Lexa Doig Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm) 127
"In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at"
Even the Klingons were not that bad looking. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (vFG9F) 128
doof I will look into that!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (emBoF) 129
That's Star Trek? Yeah. No one involved w/that scene ever watched 10 seconds.... Kobayashi Maru ring a bell?
And as far as Landman, well... Ali Larter. I'll be in my bunk.... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (XuXeR) 130
36 The new Star Trek has got to be money laundering or some kind of tax scam. Not even the wokest leftist retard could possibly have looked at this radioactive dumpster fire of a series and said "yea, this is gonna be a hit."
The series looks shoddy and cheap, has a plot nobody is interested in, annoying doofus characters and bad casting, comically bad marketing, and and overall ooze of sad regret bleeding like what was left of that Planet Fitness pervert's dick after he finished jackhammering off. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade ====== Streaming and massive competition is killing profit margins so soon all shows will resemble early Dr Who in production values. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (WDjG6) 131
I'm addicted to Landman. It's a manly man show but it's not just violence. (OK, OK, Tommy has been tied to a chair with a bag over his head and gotten the shit beaten out of him by a drug cartel TWICE.) Ainsley and her mom Angela are both insanely hot screwballs. One of my favorite bits was Tommy's son Cooper confronting him in disbelief about why he would take his ex-wife Angela (Cooper's mother) back. Tommy explains, "Because that's how f*cking stupid I am." Eh, we've all been there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (L/fGl) Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (vFG9F) 133
Btw, what I've seen of Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout abomination confirms that Todd Howard absolutely hates Fallout New Vegas and is doing everything in his power to make all the events in the game non-canon. This is on top of everything Season 1 did to nuke the canon of the Fallout 1 and 2 games.
--- IDK I have played zero Fallout. But I did like the line in the last episode: "that's the drugs talking!" "[and truth be told, I like what they're sayin'.]" Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k) 134
Get a v-see box. You'll thank me.
Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (dP47V) That's what they said about Napster. Get Napster, they said. You'll thank me, they said. Sixteen years in prison. I'm not falling for that again. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (dGCAG) 135
Everyone was phoning it in for the last TNG season.
On the other hand, because the writers knew the actors didn't give a shit anymore, we did get "Lower Decks" [the episode] from it. Which starred actors who weren't the apathetic main cast. Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (gKWVE) 136
Kirk we are in a quandary, why should we do?
I say we warp out of here and call it a lost cause, besides, any planet where the females outcast all the males will be extinct in short order. Warp 11 Scotty! Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (Vvo0d) 137
>>> I think DS9 is actually better than the first and last seasons of TNG.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (mlg/3) The War Arc towards the end of DS9 is one of the best storylines of any Trek, ever. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (uWKK DS9 put the lie to Roddenberry's progressive utopia. Often, very directly. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (3uBP9) 138
Funny story - the "set" for one of the restaurants on the show was actually built right outside of the loop on one of the main roads in town. All of the locals saw it going up and thought their neighborhood was getting a new restaurant. They were kinda crushed when they realized it wasn't a real place to eat 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth *snort Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (FzgDV) 139
I finished the first season of Halo. Annoying woke casting, but the show itself wasn't woke.
I have no idea why they wasted so much time on the sideplot with the annoying Korean girl, or why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles, but overall it was better than expected. I'll watch the second season. --- I thought they cancelled it? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k) 140
The struggle session lesbian in the Trek clip is Tig Notaro. She's supposedly a comedian.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Yp6az) 141
If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.
- Many decades ago, I read a review of the movie Bull Durham. The critic asked rhetorically, how do make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball. I feel the same way about this movie. Johnson made a meditation on Christianity disguised as a murder mystery. No religious answers are given but issues are raised. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (L/fGl) 142
The funny thing about "tolerant and inclusive Star Trek" is they have good races - Vulcans or Bajorans and evil races like Cardassians or Romulans.
The worst example though are the Ferengi which were originally clearly some sort of anti-Jewish thing the writers were going through...but in space! Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm) 143
I like the photo of how, in that future, where space travel is a reality, obesity and vision problems have still not been cured. ============= Also, it appears the left is still battling the forces of exclusion several hundred or thousand (I don't know the official timeline) years from now. Everyone is still as racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, etc as they were in 2026. There are now 3 certainties in life. Death Taxes DEI training Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (x4Mz/) 144
TNG sucked Horta butt from day one
Yeah Next Gen was terrible but young geeks just loved it, despite its VAST HOST of problems. One of the things to consider when you see say ScarJo muff spin some 250 bruiser to the ground in a marvel movie is that the only way that happens if if the bruiser allows it Yeh that move.... who even came up with that move? You're going to spin your crotch on the guy's head and make him fall over? Is the stank that bad? Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (PYyV9) 145
In original Trek, Roddenberry never forget that we like beautiful people to look at, it makes up for a lot of plot holes.
This version looks like an endless iterations of the repulsively transgender people interacting with the planet of the fat frog people. On and on and on. I take one look at that and I want them all to die horribly. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 03:49 PM (uWKK --- As soon as Roddenberry died, the TNG writers basically rebelled from his Rules to make a Snore Fest. The first season the writers were not allowed to write interpersonal conflicts(!!) In theme with Roddenberry's ludicrous progress dreams in TOS, he determined that the future would solve the whole issue of interpersonal conflicts. The writers almost choked when he laid down this rule. Apparently, Roddenberry had lost all his notes on the Kirk series and could not remember that disagreements made the show what it was. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Q4cxx) 146
And the gays.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG) Kind of, yes. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (gGWDB) I mostly watch Twitch streams, anyone who labels their streams LGBTQ, pronouns, alliance, Ukraine, etc. get blocked. I actually found one dude who labels his stream no woke and he uses "gay" and "retard" as they should be used. It is quite the treat. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (dK+Kv) 147
Oh, and God bless Billy B!
Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Vvo0d) 148
I finished the first season of Halo. Annoying woke casting, but the show itself wasn't woke.
I have no idea why they wasted so much time on the sideplot with the annoying Korean girl, or why they had a fetish for casting tiny women to play main roles, but overall it was better than expected. I'll watch the second season. --- I thought they cancelled it? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k) _______ There is a second season for sure. Not sure what happened after that. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/) 149
Trek is dead. Wars is dead. And they're bringing back Gate just so they can kill it.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (2gNPD) 150
Fallout - I loved the games and I like the show just fine
it doesn't have to be exact to the games it's still good! it's a show based on VIDEO GAMES. come on now! it's not Lord of the Rings Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (emBoF) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (XuXeR) 152
btw - Tires is getting a third season and you should all watch it
it's like a documentary of my hometown basically Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (emBoF) 153
I watched the first season of Landman. The women may be hot but good lord I hate their characters. They really don't add much to the show. Billy Bob is awesome. The new "Star Drek" looks awful in every single way. Gay and lame and gorrible.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (Q0yOR) 154
They were kinda crushed when they realized it wasn't a real place to eat 🤣🤣🤣 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth ============= There's a business opportunity right there. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM (x4Mz/) 155
doof I will look into that!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 03:53 PM (emBoF) Do it. As the saying goes - "I know a guy". Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (dP47V) 156
The Chosen.
Posted by: Come And See at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (xbncC) 157
anti-Jewish thing the writers were going through...but in space!"
Hey! Jews in Space? /MelBrooks Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (XuXeR) 158
"Because that's how f*cking stupid I am." Eh, we've all been there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (L/fGl) I love the music and photo of her when she calls him on his cell phone. I laugh every time. His muttering, "Oh, here we go" is priceless when she gets riled up. Or, "what is the theme of dinner tonight?" Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 03:58 PM (WONhk) 159
Also, why did that obnoxious DEI trainer quote Oscar Wilde (other than the fact that he was gay)? Have there been no significant additions to English literature or thought between now and Star Date bazillion or whenever it is?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (x4Mz/) --- Yeah, that's a common problem in science fiction. Star Trek Academy takes place 1000 years in the future or so. You'd think there'd be some alien dilettante she could quote instead. But no, she has to make a reference to a historical figure that the AUDIENCE might recognize instead of the characters in the show. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (ESVrU) 160
So now it's a Star Trek thread?
*swoon* Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (vFG9F) Yeah - I'm out. Was hoping it would be a Landman hotties thread. Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (dP47V) 161
>>> https://tinyurl.com/yntphkm2
This is the grandpa of the 6 year old son Renee dropped off at the radical day care, right? I hope so. If the kid gets raised by this guys, they might have a fighting chance at a normal life. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (gWBY1) 162
In our century we've learned not to fear words.
Posted by: Uhura at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (XuXeR) 164
I would put her pronouns as Hottie and Cutie
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0) 165
I guarantee at least a couple hundred of their 'thousands' of viewers are content creators that are just watching to clip it and then bag on it during their streams.
Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 04:00 PM (7gpcF) 166
Oh man, imagine being an intelligent cadet and having to listen to that dyke recite Wilde and act insufferable when you know you'll be a better officer and human. Posted by: Seems Legit ============= At that point it's been, what, several hundred or a thousand years of DEI training and it still hasn't worked? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:00 PM (x4Mz/) 167
Ugh. Nobody should be assigned a "non-binary" roommate without opt-in permission.
Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (FMtrg) 168
Paramute would bury every other network if it replaced this crap with original episodes of the Honeymooners and the Three Stooges.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (zqeQL) 169
I like how in the 1st Star Trek movie, the spaceship controls of the future, this starship capable of interstellar travel ... were outdated tech by 1999.
They're flipping switched and turning dials. Their "sensors" are just radar. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (HXT0k) 170
I'd like the studios to take at least a two-year break from Trek and let ideologically peristalsis take care of the DEI boluses (boli?) clogging the writers' rooms.
There's lots of Classic/Next Gen/Crystal Pepsi Trek to get me through the drought. We've been through this before after TOS was cancelled. Maybe some good ST novels in the interim if the IP gatekeepers will allow it. A Ringo academy days novel would be spicy! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (kpS4V) 171
165 I guarantee at least a couple hundred of their 'thousands' of viewers are content creators that are just watching to clip it and then bag on it during their streams.
Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 04:00 PM (7gpcF) ---- Absolutely. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (aZm/F) 172
The worst example though are the Ferengi which were originally clearly some sort of anti-Jewish thing the writers were going through...but in space!
Posted by: 18-1 Eh, kinda sorta. I mean the show runners, Piller and Rick Berman, are jewish so... Even then, the first appearance of the ferengi were dramatically different than what they turned out to be. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 04:01 PM (mlg/3) 173
So.... the debate about which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek will now come down to which has been more destroyed by Wokeness.
The first SW series was a good space opera when space operas were rare. ST has always had an issue where it sort of wants to be more serious SF but isn't willing to really make that jump. Posted by: 18-1 Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind. Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO) 174
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
Pretty sure being a cadet at Starfleet is supposed to means you are the cream of the crop with high intelligence, technical expertise and/or leadership skills that will be honed through hard work and dedication so they can support the most complex technology in the galaxy in the vacuum of space, with discipline and training that will get them through life and death situations. Knowing the name of the fat homely chick sitting next to the butch instructor is waaaaaay down on the priority list. Posted by: Retarded and gay level over 9000 at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (TbWk/) 175
Nerdrotic did a livestream with nothing but a Spock action figure in an empty chair at the same time as the Youtube Starfleet Academy stream. His had more viewers.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (V6W16) 176
Oscar Wilde is much better in the original Klingon.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ) 177
The Halo show had 355 episodes spanning 20 seasons over more than two decades.
Posted by: banana Dream - yes I'm talking about RvB at January 15, 2026 04:03 PM (3uBP9) 178
Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO) ---- I can't, 'cuz yer right! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:03 PM (ESVrU) 179
I have played zero minutes of Fallout, but really really liked season 1 of the show. I have since found out that Walton Goggins as a person is a real piece of crap ahole. I'm worried it will taint my view of him in the show, because he's one of the best parts of it.
Also ,I keep seeing his Goddaddy ads on YouTube waaay to much, where he opens a goggins goggle online business. Stop with the Goggins! I'm getting so tired of it. It pops up every day. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (gWBY1) Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (8Xy/A) 182
No AWFL in her right mind would do what Ali Larter did. She and her husband moved to Idaho during the pandemic and decided to stay there for good after returning to LA for a summer. Here's her talking about life in LA:
"You’re expected to show up for so many things," she said. "There are so many parties. There’s so much of that side of the life that I just didn’t feel like served us any longer. We just didn’t want to do that. We want to be with our children. So, that’s when I think the biggest change was. We came back after that summer, and we just made a go for it." Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (I7J98) 183
>>> https://tinyurl.com/yntphkm2
This is the grandpa of the 6 year old son Renee dropped off at the radical day care, right? I hope so. If the kid gets raised by this guys, they might have a fighting chance at a normal life. Possibly. He doesn't blame anybody, even Good who accelerated into an ICE guy. He doesn't blame lesbowife who admitted to getting Good to go there and then egged her on to drive into ICE guy. I get trying to take a religious high road in the situation, and I understand he is likely grieving. But there is clear blame to be laid at the room temperature AWFL and her lesbowife. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (dK+Kv) 184
When every show a studio makes only has an audience of one, then I will grant that they are the MOST DIVERSE studio evah!
(Assuming, the "one" is a different person in each case.) Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 04:05 PM (HlyYF) 185
Yeah, that's a common problem in science fiction. Star Trek Academy takes place 1000 years in the future or so. You'd think there'd be some alien dilettante she could quote instead.
They also quote star trek characters, but only from TNG and the original series LOL Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:05 PM (PYyV9) 186
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
------- Can we agree that this is retarded statement? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (aZm/F) 187
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
--- * Gag! * Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx) --- What does that even mean? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (ESVrU) 188
30 Paramount's Landman OBLITERATES the pronouns argument after the show introduced a non-binary character as Ainsley Norris's TCU roommate.
Non-binary roommate: 'So what are your pronouns?' Ainsley Norris: 'My pronouns? I'd hope that was pretty clear?' Me: 'Hey! Yeah you. The fucking nut'. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (FzgDV) The whole 4 minutes is amazing start to finish in Landman - that is utter mental illness on display, while someone normal tries to figure out how to walk through every minefield and then eventually just leaves and gives up b/c it's not possible to be reasonable to the irrational and insane... Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (tOcjL) 189
176 Oscar Wilde is much better in the original Klingon.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ) ---// "True friends stab you in the front." Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (kpS4V) 190
note, for the star trek thing, note how the speaker cites Oscar Wilde. That is a deliberate choice: Wilde was a sexual deviant.
Posted by: jb at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (eDQ8+) 191
Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:02 PM (OUMaO) B5 is clearly superior, at least until the end of the Shadow War... then... it muddles. And it's follow on series? a couple good episodes but... Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (mP0Kj) 192
I stopped watching landman after netflix put it behind a paywall.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:47 PM (0N4FZ) Isn't Netflix always a pay wall? Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:50 PM I meant amazon prime, not netflix. They put it behind a paramount subscription paywall. You have to have amazon prime account and buy a sub for paramount for $9.00 a month to watch it after the first for or five episodes. Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic series, just not something I want to have to pay another $9 a month to watch. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ) 193
I started watching second season of Fallout and have been enjoying that.
Landman really did a great job casting Billy Bob. He's not acting - I think that's really how he is. LOL Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (Q0yOR) 194
Babylon 5 was superior to either. Change my mind.
Unquestionably. Sadly, Strazinsky wants to do a remake but this time with more woke. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (PYyV9) 195
Ah, that StarFleet DEI trainer is Tig somebody. She had a Prime "comedy" special where she got an applause line for introducing her "wife."
So tiresome. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (fjo1b) 196
IIRC, Oscar Wilde died broken and bitter after he was actually imprisoned for buggery. And the only reason it went to trial was his own chutzpah. He wore glittering wings of a genius, and flew close to the gay sun.
So maybe people did worship him like that when he died. But they are skipping a whole deep, tragic part of his story to sound clever. And any LGBT person worth their salt will know about Wilde's tragic past. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1) 197
But no, she has to make a reference to a historical figure that the AUDIENCE might recognize instead of the characters in the show.
-- Read an article that mocked that, they'll be like "based on the theories of Frickes, Graaacke and Einstein." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (HXT0k) 198
> I remember seeing that clip. Her pronouns are VERY pronounced.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Q7yzj) Yes, both her left pronoun and her right pronoun. I can say this without being (much) of a perv because the actress is actually 28 years old. Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (IG3/x) 199
Didn't I hear someone complain that Ellison should have quashed this new, woke, money-losing Star Trek? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:09 PM (x4Mz/) 200
141 If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.
- Many decades ago, I read a review of the movie Bull Durham. The critic asked rhetorically, how do make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball. I feel the same way about this movie. Johnson made a meditation on Christianity disguised as a murder mystery. No religious answers are given but issues are raised. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer ---------- AW: Agreed. Its not for everyone but I enjoyed it. Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 15, 2026 04:09 PM (VkY89) 201
OW wrote with some wit, but otherwise... really?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 04:09 PM (DgMqy) Posted by: Star Trek IP Owners at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (Q4cxx) 203
Read an article that mocked that, they'll be like "based on the theories of Frickes, Graaacke and Einstein."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (HXT0k) --- That does show up in science fiction shows (including Star Trek). They'll mention three figures from their past. Two of them will be recognizable to the audience as from before the time when the show was made. The third will be a fictional figure from a future time frame. This makes the comparison sound futuristic, I guess. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (ESVrU) 204
> Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic series, just not something I want to have to pay another $9 a month to watch.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ) Tulsa King, also a Taylor Sheridan series, and also worth watching, is on Paramount Plus as well. While I've enjoyed some of Stallone's movies in the past, he never really impressed me with his acting ability until Tulsa King. He's very, very good in this role. Sheridan has four or five series going at once. I don't know how he does it. ' Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (IG3/x) 205
Can we agree that this is retarded statement? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:06 PM (aZm/F) --- Can we agree that was a retarded sentence? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (aZm/F) 206
179 I have played zero minutes of Fallout, but really really liked season 1 of the show. I have since found out that Walton Goggins as a person is a real piece of crap ahole. I'm worried it will taint my view of him in the show, because he's one of the best parts of it.
I haven't heard this. What's the story? Posted by: Haven't seen any news around him at all at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/) 207
I meant amazon prime, not netflix. They put it behind a paramount subscription paywall. You have to have amazon prime account and buy a sub for paramount for $9.00 a month to watch it after the first for or five episodes.
Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic series, just not something I want to have to pay another $9 a month to watch. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ) Just wait for a one month deal - subscribe, watch the new season, unsubscribe. Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (tOcjL) Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (GBKbO) Posted by: SciVo at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Sy6m/) 210
I havd never heard of Landman
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Ia/+0) 211
Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (IG3/x)
and it wouldn't be the horde if someone didn't t mention boobs in every single thread but specialty threads Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (8Xy/A) 212
I would love to meet Billy B.
Just to ask him how spectacular Halle Berry’s bare breasts are and did he get to touch them. Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Vvo0d) Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (Dv3i1) 214
that's a common problem in science fiction. Star Trek Academy takes place 1000 years in the future or so. You'd think there'd be some alien dilettante she could quote instead. But no, she has to make a reference to a historical figure that the AUDIENCE might recognize instead of the characters in the show. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel ============= They missed an opportunity to be doubly-relevant by quoting "that famous 21st-century civil rights heroine, Ketanji Brown-Jackson" or some equally lame "thinker" who is destined for history's Gallery of Dunces. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (x4Mz/) 215
203 That does show up in science fiction shows (including Star Trek). They'll mention three figures from their past. Two of them will be recognizable to the audience as from before the time when the show was made. The third will be a fictional figure from a future time frame.
This makes the comparison sound futuristic, I guess. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:10 PM (ESVrU) ======= First season of Discovery name drops Elon Musk that way as one of the visionaries from the past. Think they'd still do that? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO) 216
“Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT) Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B) 217
212 I would love to meet Billy B.
Just to ask him how spectacular Halle Berry’s bare breasts are and did he get to touch them. Posted by: Mark in SC at January 15, 2026 04:11 PM (Vvo0d) ======= You know how a woman's breast feels like...a bag of sand? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO) 218
"The show apparently doesn't have much use for liberal women:"
I enjoy the show, but it does have a lot of plot and script time for crazy women, and it's simply not believable that the men would put up with all their insane and expensive shit. Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (N8ZBc) 219
IIRC, Oscar Wilde died broken and bitter after he was actually imprisoned for buggery. And the only reason it went to trial was his own chutzpah. He wore glittering wings of a genius, and flew close to the gay sun.
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1) --- This too is the story of Alan Turing. The Imitation Game neglects to mention that he was imprisoned for propositioning a boy. Posted by: Star Trek IP Owners at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (Q4cxx) 220
I don't like females of the opposite sex with big boobs and a round ass.
What's that fishy smell coming from between your legs ???? You need to put on more clothes, or I will tell Mommy that you are trying to sexually harass me. My preferred pronouns are it, they, them, Balless, Hand job boy and Homo-man. Posted by: Dweseal Numnuts at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (J9q9v) 221
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are pretty good.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (HXT0k) 222
Stupid Paramount.
I seriously doubt James T. Kirk took any DEI training. As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed, he would just laugh at that bullshit. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (2WIwB) 223
So maybe people did worship him like that when he died. But they are skipping a whole deep, tragic part of his story to sound clever.
And any LGBT person worth their salt will know about Wilde's tragic past. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1) Yes a sad tale. He had a lot of friends willing and able to help him stay out of trouble, but he self destructively ignored all advice and charged headlong into it. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (uWKK8) 224
156 The Chosen.
Posted by: Come And See --------- Another series I enjoy but us Christians need to remember that it is a SHOW and not a word for word production of scripture. Watch and enjoy but always do what the Apostle Paul (and other prophets) tell us: don't just believe what I'm telling you but go read it for yourself to make sure what I say is true. Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (VkY89) 225
216 Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B) ===== "A woman who loses custody of kids must be...awful." -the American family court system Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO) 226
>>> 186 "Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
Bones calling Spock an unfeeling hobgoblin, or whatever he called him, would get him canceled by this new starfleet academy. But even though they had prejudices, they overcame them. That was the beauty of the show. Undiscovered Country is still my fave Trek movie. Because Kirk has to overcome his prejudices. About helping the Klingons after still not forgiving for the death of his son: "Let them die!" So powerful. That is what the new versions of Trek are trying to run from. That brilliance. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (gWBY1) 227
53 You shouldn't watch teevee. I hate teevee. In fact, I don't have a teevee.
Me and my kin just stare at the walls, the way we're supposed to. And besides, that one show has that actor who said something I don't like. And the gays. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (dGCAG) Stare at walls? That's time you could be spending at the range, in the gym, and drilling with the local militia, soldier! Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (6Uni8) 228
Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
--- * Gag! * Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx) --- What does that even mean?" "Here, let me push that stool in for you" George "Supagay" Takei Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR) 229
We dig Landman. His wife is bizarre, and not very balanced. She said she wants to be worshipped. That's AWFL.
But Billy Bob is based. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (a3b6Y) 230
The left likes to tweak us with fat, ugly and weird characters. They know it annoys us, so they keep doing it. Rather than put forth an effort to put together a watchable show with relatable characters instead of weirdo's they admire.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (U2OZr) 231
Over 200 and nobody's socked Wesley Crusher? I am disappoint.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (fjo1b) 232
Any show actually portraying AWFLs accurately would likely result in mass suicide. There is group with less self-awareness or greater self-righteousness.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ) 233
The only Taylor Sheridan series I won't watch is Mayor of Kingstown, because it stars obnoxious communist woketard Jeremy Renner.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (IG3/x) 234
They missed an opportunity to be doubly-relevant by quoting "that famous 21st-century civil rights heroine, Ketanji Brown-Jackson" or some equally lame "thinker" who is destined for history's Gallery of Dunces.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (x4Mz/) I don't remember, isn't Stacey Abrams like the President of Earf in Star Trek now? Or is that another franchise? Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (9Ovst) 235
In the 11 hours following its release, the episode accumulated approximately 16,000 total views--numbers that would be underwhelming for a mid-tier fan upload, let alone a flagship franchise entry from a major studio.
++++ LOL. That is hilarious. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ) 236
232 Any show actually portraying AWFLs accurately would likely result in mass suicide. There is group with less self-awareness or greater self-righteousness.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ) ======= "I am a glittering peacock of beauty and grace!" -half-bald woman on SSRIs who can barely get off the couch Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO) 237
I kinda prefer the fatties to whatever Cynthia Erivo is
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (emBoF) 238
.. at least the big gals seem alive
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (emBoF) 239
Heh...sidebar, endgame in Iran. I say we send over a cadre of Amish to show them how to manage their land. And, yes, the "New Amish" and Mennonites do take on international missionary tasks like that.
And, in case you're wondering about their bona fides; it was the Mennonites that developed a hardy winter wheat plant that allows Russia and Ukraine to grow wheat to this very day in their countries. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (dIske) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR) 241
222 Stupid Paramount.
I seriously doubt James T. Kirk took any DEI training. As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed, he would just laugh at that bullshit. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (2WIwB) ------ hahahahaaahah Yeah, how could he bang aliens if he was taking that gal seriously? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (aZm/F) 242
"As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed,"
I picture him at sick bay in the AM after his latest port of call, with Bones cleaning off all the green slime and purple from his junk, and getting seriously deconned. Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (N8ZBc) 243
This brunette in stockings and heels promises she's not an AWFL:
http://tiny.cc/5spx001 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ) 244
I subscribe to chess channels that rack up more views than Starfleet Academy.
CHECKMATE, SHITLIBS!!! Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (wtvvX) 245
purple bugs.
Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (N8ZBc) 246
233 The only Taylor Sheridan series I won't watch is Mayor of Kingstown, because it stars obnoxious communist woketard Jeremy Renner.
my God I had no idea! his book about his accident is AMAZING sheesh I really like the dude actually Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (emBoF) 247
Being a cadet means being open to the people around you."
--- * Gag! * Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:04 PM (Q4cxx) --- What does that even mean?" Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR) --- Dropping the soap in the shower. You're open. Posted by: Star Trek IP Owners at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (Q4cxx) 248
"I am a glittering peacock of beauty and grace!"
-half-bald woman on SSRIs who can barely get off the couch Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO) ++++ Don't forget the hand tattoos and constant frenetic gesticulation. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ) 249
216 “Renee was an amazing person. Full of life, full of joy. Real gentle, a good mother. I just think we make bad choices. And that’s the problem. There’s so much chaos in the whole world today,” Macklin said.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (rtqtT) Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B) She was a miserable piece of selfish shit, a two time loser in marriage, ended up bumping uglies with a woman, and lost two of her kids. She couldn't face her own issues so she took it out on ICE agents. She was a twat. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (a3b6Y) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR) 251
Sulu was fine until he got nailed by the Horta.
Now all you hear is bitching "he never calls, he never writes." Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (2WIwB) 252
"Being a cadet means being open to the people around you." ------- Can we agree that this is retarded statement? Posted by: Seems Legit ============== I can't even imagine. Isn't there a higher authority or a set of principles in the 31st century? Why does being a cadet limit your meaningfulness to the people around you? You study a text, a strategy, a historical incident and you ask, "How can this make me open to the people around me?" I'd get a refund on my tuition and join the rebels. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (x4Mz/) 253
237 I kinda prefer the fatties to whatever Cynthia Erivo is
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (emBoF) Much like James Carville, Cynthia Erivo seems to be some sort of upright, walking snake-creature. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (6Uni8) 254
The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are pretty good.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM That boils down to "whatever isn't nailed down behind a locked vault door belongs to the first ferengi that wanders past it". Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (0N4FZ) 255
In theme with Roddenberry's ludicrous progress dreams in TOS, he determined that the future would solve the whole issue of interpersonal conflicts. The writers almost choked when he laid down this rule.
Apparently, Roddenberry had lost all his notes on the Kirk series and could not remember that disagreements made the show what it was. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:56 PM (Q4cxx) The wors, most self-indulgent thing by far that Roddenberry ever did was to write his own Mary Sue into the show. Here's a hint - Gene Roddenberry's middle name was Wesley. (really) Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (uWKK8) 256
248 Don't forget the hand tattoos and constant frenetic gesticulation.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ) ======= "What the fuck do you mean?" -bird hands Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (GBKbO) 257
She was a miserable piece of selfish shit, a two time loser in marriage, ended up bumping uglies with a woman, and lost two of her kids. She couldn't face her own issues so she took it out on ICE agents.
She was a twat. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (a3b6Y) ++++ I always heard that Alaskans were ruthless! Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (GyQIQ) 258
Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL) 259
I seriously doubt James T. Kirk took any DEI training. As he slips his boots on while sitting at the foot of Yeoman Rand's bed, he would just laugh at that bullshit.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (2WIwB) --- All will be retconned, for the Cause. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (Q4cxx) 260
LOL, don't forget that Star Trek thought Stacie Abrams needed to be on the show.
I won't watch TNG because I'm not going to give Whoopi any residuals. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (HXT0k) 261
Are there any followers of Islam in ANY of the Star Trek series and spin-offs?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iMotb) 262
Seriously, how do you f**k up Star Trek?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (XV/Pl) 263
I've just watched four minutes of a new tv show for the first time in decades. A blonde chick with knockers and tight shorts can do that.
Posted by: ChrisW at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (rLfcT) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (XuXeR) 265
153 I watched the first season of Landman. The women may be hot but good lord I hate their characters. They really don't add much to the show. Billy Bob is awesome. The new "Star Drek" looks awful in every single way. Gay and lame and gorrible.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 03:57 PM Billy Bob is great and yes, the ladies are very attractive but I just couldn't get into it. It's right up my alley too, a nighttime soap but I don't care for it. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (e2+im) 266
Much like James Carville, Cynthia Erivo seems to be some sort of upright, walking snake-creature.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (6Uni ++++ At least Carville came by it honestly. I suspect Erivo is an example of Ozempic Decay. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (GyQIQ) 267
Any show actually portraying AWFLs accurately would likely result in mass suicide. There is group with less self-awareness or greater self-righteousness.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (GyQIQ) ======= "I am a glittering peacock of beauty and grace!" -half-bald woman on SSRIs who can barely get off the couch Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO) ________ I must be missing something here. AWFuLs see each other all the time. They have no friends but other AWFuLs and the rentboys they pay to clean the pool and fill their twats. Don't they already know exactly who and what they are and how they act and look? It may be that in shows like Landman, the difference is not that they are seeing themselves accurately portrayed, but they are seeing normal people's reactions to them. I don't watch the show so I don't know. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/) 268
STA is getting a few thousand viewers? Oaky, at that size, a significant percentage really is YouTube content-creators hate-watching the show so that can laugh mock it. That is pathetic. Not unexpected, but still pathetic.
I will not be one of those hate-watchers, but I'm sure I will watch multiple reviews of the show from multiple different channels... Posted by: Castle Guy at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (Lhaco) 269
Wilde is a quotation magnet — a lot of witticisms get attributed to him that he may or may not have made.
Ditto Twain and Churchill. Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ) 270
>>> Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B) Because there were cigarette burns on their bodies. Mother of the year. As someone who has kids in my family who have been been abuse by their mothers, and that trauma is at the root of their problems...and their dads had to fight for every shred of custody they got to protect their kids from these monsters wearing the mask of a mother: I know women like Renee. And a millstone around their necks for hurting their precious kids would be too swift a death. But that's for god to decide. I hope he had some productive talks with her on the other side. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (gWBY1) 271
I liked the first few S1 episodes of Landman. But then it started focusing way too much on the mother and daughter and the son fucking the Mexican chick. Became soap opera-esque and I stopped caring and watching.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (kgFPv) 272
231 Over 200 and nobody's socked Wesley Crusher? I am disappoint.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (fjo1b) Shut up, Wesley. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (a3b6Y) 273
This brunette in stockings and heels promises she's not an AWFL:
http://tiny.cc/5spx001 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:16 PM (GyQIQ) Her interview is 7PM this evening. Tell her not to be late. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (2WIwB) 274
258 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...
Severance is really great While you're there watch Dark Matter Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (emBoF) 275
Oscar Wilde died broken and bitter after he was actually imprisoned for buggery. And the only reason it went to trial was his own chutzpah. He wore glittering wings of a genius, and flew close to the gay sun. _____________ Brilliance without wisdom. His testimony in the libel trial was flippant and helped the defense. It's also worth remembering he did not just commit sodomy, but sodomy with underage boys. Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (tgvbd) 276
LOL, don't forget that Star Trek thought Stacie Abrams needed to be on the show. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice =============== Was it Stacie Abrams or was it that fat black female singer Lizzo? Not that it matters. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (x4Mz/) 277
PS - I also liked Knives Out 3, even if it was an easier mystery to solve...the religion and athiest stuff worked for me, as did the symbolism of the missing crucifix (aka Jesus) and how the Church kept falling apart until it was back...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (tOcjL) 278
I was being facetious.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (qFwJc) 279
I must be missing something here. AWFuLs see each other all the time. They have no friends but other AWFuLs and the rentboys they pay to clean the pool and fill their twats. Don't they already know exactly who and what they are and how they act and look?
It may be that in shows like Landman, the difference is not that they are seeing themselves accurately portrayed, but they are seeing normal people's reactions to them. I don't watch the show so I don't know. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/) ++++ In the AWFL milieu: normal, good, righteous. From the outside: a greater horror is almost unknown. It's the change in perspective. They see it from inside, not outside. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (GyQIQ) 280
The dirty secret of cinema and TV is no one wants to watch "realistic" women.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (gGWDB) What? Hot, submissive and respectful is not realistic? Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (GD2xa) 281
262 Seriously, how do you f**k up Star Trek?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (XV/Pl) NO VACCINE FOR YOU! Posted by: Space Wakandans, Vaccine Nazis at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (fjo1b) 282
"the son fucking the Mexican chick."
His recent proposal scene with the million candles was the Simpiest Thing Evah Filmed. Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:20 PM (N8ZBc) 283
233 The only Taylor Sheridan series I won't watch is Mayor of Kingstown, because it stars obnoxious communist woketard Jeremy Renner.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 04:14 PM (IG3/x) You gotta admit though, it takes a special talent to run yourself over with your own snowplow. Especially when it is you yourself driving it! Posted by: No Name Today at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (8mulE) 284
Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...
- S2 sucked. I was out after 4 episodes. The S2 Apple curse lives on. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (kgFPv) 285
I think you have to be a terrible mother for the father to have full custody.
Sheeesh, they let moms who are alcoholics and drug addicts have their children. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (aZm/F) 286
And he was stupid enough to write love letters.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (qFwJc) 287
Was it Stacie Abrams or was it that fat black female singer Lizzo? Not that it matters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (x4Mz/) --- I believe Lizzo and Jack Black had cameos in Star Wars. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (ESVrU) 288
249
Such a good mother that she lost custody of her two older children. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 04:12 PM (8zz6B) She was a miserable piece of selfish shit, a two time loser in marriage, ended up bumping uglies with a woman, and lost two of her kids. She couldn't face her own issues so she took it out on ICE agents. She was a twat. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (a3b6Y) She lost her mind. Figuratively and literally. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (N39Ws) 289
Seriously, how do you f**k up Star Trek?"
Easy. Did you see what we did to Star Wars and Indiana Jones? /disney Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (XuXeR) 290
266 I suspect Erivo is an example of Ozempic Decay.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (GyQIQ) Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (6Uni8) 291
Was it Stacie Abrams or was it that fat black female singer Lizzo? Not that it matters. Posted by: Blonde Morticia ============= And I had to look up Lizzo ("plus-sized black female singer" because Google would have rebuked me if I'd searched on FAT). She seems so last-year now. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (x4Mz/) 292
Elon's machine would like to have a word about Angela:
Taylor Sheridan’s writing tends to contrast rough, traditional, working-class masculinity (the oil patch) with privileged, often dysfunctional elite society (Dallas high-society world where Angela lives). But that elite world in Landman is Texas oil money—culturally more conservative/Republican than coastal liberal. Angela embodies the spoiled, high-maintenance ex-wife of a wealthy oil exec, not the stereotypical performative progressive. The “L” (liberal) in AWFL doesn’t actually apply here. She’s emphatically affluent white female, and she hits a lot of the entitlement/hypocrisy beats that annoy viewers (the gala scenes, the dramatic personal life, the detachment from the dangerous work that funds her lifestyle), but without the progressive political or cultural signaling, she doesn’t fit the specific AWFL archetype. The term wouldn’t land accurately if applied to her—the stereotype is aimed at a different demographic (think coastal, college-educated, virtue-signaling wine-mom types). Angela is more of a classic Texas socialite trope: glamorous, messy, privileged, and apolitical. Posted by: bif at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (aiyac) 293
274 258 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...
Severance is really great While you're there watch Dark Matter Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (emBoF) I only have 9 days...but if my phone gives me another free sub (they've done it 3 times), that will be on my next list... Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (tOcjL) 294
B5 is clearly superior, at least until the end of the Shadow War... then... it muddles.
And it's follow on series? a couple good episodes but... Posted by: Romeo13 Yeah, the whole dickaround they got that almost kiboshed Season 5 forced changes that weakened it when it did come about. Still, four seasons of utter brilliance. Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (OUMaO) 295
Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL) --- One of my favorite series so far. But there is a Cambrian Explosion of Gay going into the second season. I also like Silo--which I do recommend despite that Klavan's criticism of it is valid. Julianne is a guy. She's an actual XX, but in every other way she's playing the role of a guy. It didn't get in my way of being intrigued by it. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (Q4cxx) 296
OT-Feds now suing MN for discriminatory DEI:
Legal Insurrection site: https://tinyurl.com/5ajvu6fw Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (8Xy/A) 297
"Here's a hint - Gene Roddenberry's middle name was Wesley. (really)
Posted by: Tom Servo" Shut up, Really? Posted by: Uhura at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (qFwJc) 299
I suspect Erivo is an example of Ozempic Decay.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (GyQIQ) Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (6Uni ____ Chances of one or both of them committing suicide in 5 years? Somewhere around 50%. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/) 300
Stare at walls?
That's time you could be spending at the range, in the gym, and drilling with the local militia, soldier! Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:13 PM (6Uni But my foot hurts. I don't have a ride. I have to wash my hair. IT'S NOT MY FAULT!! Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (dGCAG) 301
Lord Birkinhead, the Lord Chancellor, was asked by a judge what he should give a man who allowed himself to be buggered. Birkinhead replied, "Thirty shillings, a guinea, whatever you have on you." Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (tgvbd) 302
S2 sucked. I was out after 4 episodes. The S2 Apple curse lives on.
yeah and honestly Dark Matter doesn't need a second season so I'll likely skip it unless I hear something amazing about it. the season they did was good and complete. show is based on a book and the book ends where the show season one ends SO I don't trust second seasons Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (emBoF) 303
"Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk."
They both look like QC rejects from an android factory. Posted by: gp at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (N8ZBc) 304
it takes a special talent to run yourself over with your own snowplow. Especially when it is you yourself driving it!"
/No stems, no seeds Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (XuXeR) 305
And let's not forget that the Prime Directive is unworkable, silly, stupid and based on goofy, retarded notions of the Noble Savage.
No sentient life capable of interstellar travel is going to give a shit about the "natural development of a species." It's like us seeing these big, tasty, meat sacks on four hooves wandering the plain and deciding, "maybe in 10,000 years they'll naturally evolve into cows--leave them be." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (HXT0k) 306
Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)
--- Have you watched Ted Lasso? Great series. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (Q4cxx) 307
I believe Lizzo and Jack Black had cameos in Star Wars. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel ============ Oh for heaven's sakes you're right. They're all becoming interchangeable now. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (x4Mz/) 308
298 A colleague of mine got full custody. Easy peasy.
The mother was in prison. the lady Renee has a rap sheet so she may have been "law-involved" - maybe just on probation or house arrest Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (emBoF) 309
It's also worth remembering he did not just commit sodomy, but sodomy with underage boys.
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 04:19 PM (tgvbd) They all do. How do you suppose they became homosexuals? Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (a3b6Y) 310
Set a course for planet Lesbos. Set phasers on stunning.
Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (UjdFS) Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (emBoF) 312
Is Taylor Sheridan a conservative? Do we know one way or the other… his other show Yellowstone seemed to have a conservative bent as well
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (YobFY) Based on the way Yellowstone ended, I'd say no. Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (7sIr+) 313
Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM I guess the whole "Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle" thingy didn't work out quite as she expected it. Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (9Ovst) 314
Pluribus was so-so. Hopefully they make S2 better and reverse the curse.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (kgFPv) 315
>>>Before I lose AppleTV
CODA was really good! I cried. My husband is watching Foundation and it looks cool. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (gWBY1) 316
Speaking of that, Ariana Grande has gone full shriveled skeletal husk.
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (6Uni ++++ Bigly. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (GyQIQ) 317
295 Before I lose AppleTV, I'm watching Severance...3 episodes in and enjoying so far...we'll see if it fails soon (normally, I quit all Apple shows by season 2 episode 3 or sooner...this one has 2 full seasons, so we'll see)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL) --- One of my favorite series so far. But there is a Cambrian Explosion of Gay going into the second season. I also like Silo--which I do recommend despite that Klavan's criticism of it is valid. Julianne is a guy. She's an actual XX, but in every other way she's playing the role of a guy. It didn't get in my way of being intrigued by it. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:21 PM (Q4cxx) Man, it sounds like my AppleTV curse will continue...but at least it seems I'll enjoy the rest of season 1 Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (tOcjL) 318
I read that the cigarette burns were from the new lesbian wife, and she lost custody because she didn't want to leave and protect the kids.
I am aware that it could be internet lore and complete bullshit. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (aZm/F) 319
"In the 11 hours following its release, the episode accumulated approximately 16,000 total views--numbers that would be underwhelming for a mid-tier fan upload, let alone a flagship franchise entry from a major studio."
I don't follow this popularity-driven media environment, but that number just seems like statistical noise. I mean, it's not like you have to establish a brand or explain the premise of new intellectual property; Star Trek franchise(s) have been around since the late 60's. It's an eternity of background and public awareness. So getting that insignificant a number has to be horrifying... unless you're intentionally trying to bury it. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (gLikB) 320
Starfleet Academy, making Spock's Brain seem like King Lear.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (Lk2kN) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (tgvbd) 322
I guess the whole "Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle" thingy didn't work out quite as she expected it.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (9Ovst) Ok, what? Was that supposed to make sense? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s) 323
Is the wife in Landman an AWFL? She’s a gold digging bitch. But I didn’t see any indication she’s a liberal. bitch at least not the episodes I watched.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (kgFPv) 324
306 Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:17 PM (tOcjL)
--- Have you watched Ted Lasso? Great series. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:23 PM (Q4cxx) No. A 2nd thing for potential free sub #4... Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL) 325
Turn all that TV crap and get back to living life.
Posted by: TV Blows at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (GlDYx) 326
And let's not forget that the Prime Directive is unworkable, silly, stupid and based on goofy, retarded notions of the Noble Savage.
No sentient life capable of interstellar travel is going to give a shit about the "natural development of a species." It's like us seeing these big, tasty, meat sacks on four hooves wandering the plain and deciding, "maybe in 10,000 years they'll naturally evolve into cows--leave them be." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 04:22 PM (HXT0k) --- The Prime Directive was a dumb plot device to create artificial tension. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (ESVrU) 327
Based on the way Yellowstone ended, I'd say no.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (7sIr+) --- He just needs the minimal condition that he did his research on windmills enough to know that they're shit. And also that the View is bizarre. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (Q4cxx) 328
The only diversity Kirk needed was getting to bang alien women on almost every planet visited! He did not care about their differences, lol.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (Hkcdp) 329
I believe Lizzo and Jack Black had cameos in Star Wars.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Likewise Christian Slater. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (2WIwB) 330
They are Legion.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (ESTdS) 331
96 This is what us normals are up against - here's a profile of the roommate - these people live in a very different world than mine: https://tinyurl.com/6swda7xt
Posted by: beckster at January 15, 2026 03:48 PM (I7J9 Oh crap - I just ate lunch.... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (QGaXH) 332
>>Turn all that TV crap and get back to living life.
The only reason I have a TV is that I don't want to have to patch and repaint the wall when I remove it. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (ZcsJV) 333
320 seem like King Lear
Don’t go to Starfleet Academy. Join us at the Learing Center! — Minnesota Somali Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ) 334
Why Kirk is better than Picard, he thinks the Prime Directive is merely guidance while he plays with lesser races.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (Lk2kN) 335
"Ok, what? Was that supposed to make sense?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)" Only throwing some shade her way because of those lyrics from one of her songs, ("Side-to-side", IIRC). Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (9Ovst) 336
330 They are Legion.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (ESTdS) Interesting movie Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (VE6XX) 337
We aren't going to run out of oil.
Titan, one of Saturn's moons- Chemical composition and surface roughness of the lakes: According to Cassini data, scientists announced on February 13, 2008, that Titan hosts within its polar lakes "hundreds of times more natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth." The desert sand dunes along the equator, while devoid of open liquid, nonetheless hold more organics than all of Earth's coal reserves. It has been estimated that the visible lakes and seas of Titan contain about 300 times the volume of Earth's proven oil reserves. Meanwhile back here on earth, we have enough proven oil/gas reserves to last (at current rate of usage) about 400 years. Posted by: Speller at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (pSotA) 338
Hijack is also a series I enjoyed. With Idris Elba.
I mean, it stars Elba. I didn't watch it with him. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (Q4cxx) Posted by: Dweseal Numnuts at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (X7dyz) 340
I don't follow this popularity-driven media environment, but that number just seems like statistical noise. I mean, it's not like you have to establish a brand or explain the premise of new intellectual property; Star Trek franchise(s) have been around since the late 60's. It's an eternity of background and public awareness. So getting that insignificant a number has to be horrifying... unless you're intentionally trying to bury it.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:25 PM (gLikB) ---- Modern Hollywood has turned all of these once-profitable IPs into skinsuits. They should be licenses to print money, but that requires the ability to tell good stories, which they lack. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (ESVrU) 341
The only diversity Kirk needed was getting to bang alien women on almost every planet visited! He did not care about their differences, lol.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (Hkcdp) Was clearly busy with all that time travel. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (2y47d) 342
Did anyone else notice some parallels between Landman and Yellowstone?
Cooper = Jimmy Angela = Beth Tommy = John Posted by: jimnmartin@gmail.com at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (MNCvZ) 343
Likewise Christian Slater.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:27 PM (2WIwB) Wasn't that because Christian Slater's mom worked as a costume person in Hollyweird and did something to get him that cameo? I may be recalling the story wrong. Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (9Ovst) 344
I watched Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and that was good. Have been watching Silo and enjoying it thus far. I have heard Severance is good. What about Pluribus? Is that good or no? I liked Breaking Bad and loved Better Call Saul.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:30 PM (Q0yOR) 345
Another good apple tv series: Bad Monkey. Based on a Carl Hiassom book, set in Florida with all the silly, quirky and dumb characters comm to Hiassom books. Vince Vaughan as lead is perfect!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 04:30 PM (Hkcdp) 346
>>> I guess the whole "Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle" thingy didn't work out quite as she expected it.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:24 PM (9Ovst) Ok, what? Was that supposed to make sense? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s) A woman without a wrist icicle is like a fish without a dick bicycle Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (3uBP9) 347
340 Modern Hollywood has turned all of these once-profitable IPs into skinsuits.
They should be licenses to print money, but that requires the ability to tell good stories, which they lack. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (ESVrU) It's all the same shit. Cosplay dorks/Theater Kids hanging at the coffee shop and hooking up. Because none of these people ever grew up past high school. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (6Uni8) 348
While I've enjoyed some of Stallone's movies in the past, he never really impressed me with his acting ability until Tulsa King. He's very, very good in this role.
Watch Copland. And Rocky. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (PYyV9) 349
Checking in on some leftist forums they are still arguing that Karen Deathwheels wasn't a threat to the ICE agent because "he wasn't even in front of her car" or "sure he was in front of her car but like her wheels were turned away"
Now not only do they use those two arguments interchangeably - which remember the second argument invalidates the first...but they are ignoring the fact you can seem the car hit him... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (sKqQm) 350
Why Kirk is better than Picard, he thinks the Prime Directive is merely guidance while he plays with lesser races.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 04:28 PM (Lk2kN) --- Part of Roddenberry's dictatorship on the 2nd series was that Picard was "REALLY going to observe the Prime Directive". It's a shame when you outgrow childhood and see what loonies the people who entertained you really are. I had already gotten a inkling about Jim "I'm going to blow up this ship!!" Kirk. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (Q4cxx) 351
261 Are there any followers of Islam in ANY of the Star Trek series and spin-offs?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:18 PM (iMotb) The Borg? Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (wtvvX) 352
Titan, one of Saturn's moons-
Chemical composition and surface roughness of the lakes: According to Cassini data, scientists announced on February 13, 2008, that Titan hosts within its polar lakes "hundreds of times more natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth." The desert sand dunes along the equator, while devoid of open liquid, nonetheless hold more organics than all of Earth's coal reserves. It has been estimated that the visible lakes and seas of Titan contain about 300 times the volume of Earth's proven oil reserves. ---- Of course, the challenge is getting all them tasty hydrocarbons back to Earth. In the novelization of the movie Alien, the Nostromo was hauling a cargo of hydrocarbons back to Earth because we'd run out. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (ESVrU) 353
You have the template of what works. ST:TOS, ST:TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, hell, you could take themes from Babylon 5 and Firefly.
And yet they still make garbage that no one wants to watch. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (XV/Pl) 354
Wasn't that because Christian Slater's mom worked as a costume person in Hollyweird and did something to get him that cameo? I may be recalling the story wrong.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (9Ovst) No idea. I just happened to notice it and Mrs D said was it was a thing in Hollywood among A-listers to try and get a shot on Star Trek. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (2WIwB) 355
Speaking of franchises, is South Park now committing suicide since that mega-contract was signed? I quit watching this season because its one-trick pony of TDS appears to be stomping all over the screen. They've just evolved into the same stale glidepath like SNL did after Lorne Michaels matured or The Simpsons in the age of Covid. Anything "revolutionary" eventually embraces the Liberal Borg.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (gLikB) 356
338 Able were you ere you watched Elba.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ) 357
Wasn't that because Christian Slater's mom worked as a costume person in Hollyweird and did something to get him that cameo? I may be recalling the story wrong.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (9Ovst) Mary Jo Slater was a casting director, and, I believe, got him his first role opposite Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose. Posted by: Space Wakandans, Vaccine Nazis at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (fjo1b) 358
Based on the way Yellowstone ended, I'd say no.
I think his worldview is 1878 cowboy, so kinda conservative but not as we would understand it today. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (PYyV9) 359
Mary Jo Slater was a casting director, and, I believe, got him his first role opposite Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose.
I love Slater but man he was out of his league on that I loved the book but .. well Connery wasn't great either. it was just a so-so adaptation Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (emBoF) 360
Also, why did that obnoxious DEI trainer quote Oscar Wilde (other than the fact that he was gay)? Have there been no significant additions to English literature or thought between now and Star Date bazillion or whenever it is?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:52 PM (x4Mz/) If it's any comfort, Gayboss's knowledge of Oscar Wilde is about as accurate as my knowledge of Voltaire, who I believe once said, "DEI trainers can fuck right off!" Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (nbLIj) 361
347 340 Modern Hollywood has turned all of these once-profitable IPs into skinsuits.
They should be licenses to print money, but that requires the ability to tell good stories, which they lack. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:29 PM (ESVrU) It's all the same shit. Cosplay dorks/Theater Kids hanging at the coffee shop and hooking up. Because none of these people ever grew up past high school. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (6Uni A touch indelicate, but fair. Posted by: Bill "The Butcher" Cutting at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (TbWk/) 362
While I've enjoyed some of Stallone's movies in the past, he never really impressed me with his acting ability until Tulsa King. He's very, very good in this role.
Watch Copland. And Rocky. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:31 PM (PYyV9) --- Or First Blood for that matter. The thing about Stallone is that he had acting chops. But you have to be able to differentiate his normal movies from his exploitation sequels. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (Q4cxx) 363
Who's sorry now?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 04:33 PM (YlWIZ) 364
Most bitches are too self-centered to be liberal.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (qFwJc) 365
I forgot Deep Space Nine.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (XV/Pl) 366
I'm rewatching Victoria right now. It's glorious! Jenna Coleman is perfectly cast.
I'm still slogging through the last episodes of Sandman. But Jenna's take on Joanna Constantine was one of the few bright glittering gems in that show. It's fun to see her in the lead in Victoria, where she truly gets to shine. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (gWBY1) 367
Nood - more retardation from Mayor Jacob Frey.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (9Ovst) 368
Christian Slater was kind of a nepo baby but he was genuinely talented, not sure what happened to his career.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (PYyV9) Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (qFwJc) Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (3uBP9) 371
And yet they still make garbage that no one wants to watch.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (XV/Pl) Because they do not care about the show. The show is merely a vector for them to sell their message: communism. This is not speculation, Kurtzman has openly stated that that is what he sees Dtar Grek as. Evidently this new show is very communist. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (2ap+5) 373
The scene in Rocky where he berates Mick is really good.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (DgMqy) 374
If you have a chance, watch Andor. Next to Lonesome Dove, it's the best writing I've ever seen.
I don't have HBO, so I never watched Game of Thrones, so I can't compare it, but Andor is amazing. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 04:35 PM (aZm/F) 375
Speaking of franchises, is South Park now committing suicide since that mega-contract was signed? I quit watching this season because its one-trick pony of TDS appears to be stomping all over the screen. They've just evolved into the same stale glidepath like SNL did after Lorne Michaels matured or The Simpsons in the age of Covid. Anything "revolutionary" eventually embraces the Liberal Borg.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (gLikB) --- Unless it was AI generated, I saw a clip where they seem to be really going after the anti-ICE hysteria. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (Q4cxx) 376
The thing about Stallone is that he had acting chops. But you have to be able to differentiate his normal movies from his exploitation sequels.
Posted by: Axeman He was pretty good in Copland. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 04:36 PM (mlg/3) 377
364 Most bitches are too self-centered to be liberal.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (qFwJc) That makes zero sense when you consider the most reliably left-wing demographic in the US presently is young women. Posted by: Don't even need TikTok to tell you that at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (TbWk/) 378
345 I enjoyed Bad Monkey as well.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (Q0yOR) 379
19 Ainsley Norris nails it: "Using a plural pronoun for one person is just kind of incorrect."
They misspelled retarded. Posted by: Ripley at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (GUOwU) Menuez has a wide range of films and TV shows under their belt, including one film "I love Dick". Huh.... you don't say. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (N39Ws) 380
Starfleet Academy - To Boldly Scold Where No Ma'am Has Scolded Before
BTW, I don't think the wife on Landman is an AWFL. I just think she is emotionally needy, entitled and hot as a firecracker. But she is not really political at all. She is more of a trophy wife type who really just wants to be loved. I also like that the dimwitted daughter is beating everyone at her college. She got the best of the admissions officer, and now her roommate. My wife absolutely loves this show, and so do I. There is also a gorgeous, high-strung, millennial, left leaning lawyer who gets converted by some Australian dick. Boobs and truth are back baby!!! Posted by: Thatch at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (yPQ4x) 381
Oh, and I saw the Firefly mention..
Watching Outlaw Star. Did not realize how much Joss Whedon stole from Outlaw Star to make Firefly! They could have sued him, it's so much. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (gWBY1) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 04:38 PM (L/fGl) 383
That is not Star Trek. Star Trek is TOS.
That is all. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s) Yeah, I used to call TNG "The Love Boat" because it was nothing like a military vessel. Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 04:42 PM (asFox) 384
364 Most bitches are too self-centered to be liberal.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 04:34 PM (qFwJc) That makes zero sense when you consider the most reliably left-wing demographic in the US presently is young women. Posted by: Don't even need TikTok to tell you that at January 15, 2026 04:37 PM (TbWk/) My sister was smart enough to discard liberal principles if they affected her life. She'd talk the talk and chase riff raff off her lawn in DC with a broom. Posted by: Oldcat at January 15, 2026 04:44 PM (asFox) 385
"Landman" is a great show. The writers deserve a bonus, as do Ali Larter and Michelle Randolph.
Posted by: timactual at January 15, 2026 04:57 PM (krsvl) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 05:01 PM (y9nCu) 387
Of course, the challenge is getting all them tasty hydrocarbons back to Earth. In the novelization of the movie Alien, the Nostromo was hauling a cargo of hydrocarbons back to Earth because we'd run out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (ESVrU) It would be far cheaper to make hydrocarbons from CO2 and water than it would be to haul them from Titan. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (8zz6B) 388
Look at the demeanor difference between the two roommates. One is happy, friendly, carefree, positive, healthy looking,.. the other is dour, mean, depressed, sickly, and complicated.
It the difference between being what you naturally are, and what society is telling you to BE. The person being told what to be is unhappy, the person being what she is, is not. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 05:07 PM (tV890) 389
By the by, the star fleet academy show is set in a future where the federation (the U.S.) has collapsed, and they are re-establishing a new future. With very ...progressive ideals.
More or less a communist wet dream. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (tV890) 390
They missed the chance to have the roommate be grossly obese.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (tV890) 391
I just saw the only Star Trek: Starfleet Academy I'll ever see
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 05:29 PM (RIvkX) 392
"Dirty Sanchez and The Rusty Tromboners" is the new show I am going to pitch. I bet it will be Wokefleet Asscademy.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 06:42 PM (xvV+O) 393
bonhomme: "The struggle session lesbian in the Trek clip is Tig Notaro. She's supposedly a comedian."
I actually watched about 30 minutes of a Tig Notaro "comedy" special one time. She told one barely funny half-joke about being a 40 y.o. woman with an A cup who still gets breast cancer. It was literally the most boring stand-up routine I have ever watched in my life. Notaro is proof that Hollywood is no meritocracy, and doesn't even attempt to be one. Posted by: A Git Or Not at January 16, 2026 12:35 AM (Z1N5b) Trump: "I Don't Think We Need" Antisemites in the GOPTucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens hardest hit. Or are they? Carlson and Owens barely pretend to be Trump supporters, and Nick Fuentes urged his "Groyper" followers to vote for Kamala Harris. "Grandma Groyper" Megyn Kelly, meanwhile, just supports whatever position she thinks is hot with the TikTok generation this week.President Trump had a resounding no for any antisemites claiming to be part of the Republican Party or his MAGA movement. "I think we don't need them," he told The New York Times in an interview. "I think we don't like them." His comments, made in a Wednesday interview but published on Sunday, came after a series of high profile ultra-conservative figures have made controversial comments about the Jewish people and antisemitic speech has split Republicans. Trump said: "I condemn" antisemitism. He said he's an ally of Israel and was awarded its Israel Prize, considered the country's highest honor. ... "My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish," he said. "I'm very proud of them. I'm very proud of the whole, that whole family. I am the least antisemitic person probably there is anywhere in the world." But the Republican Party has been roiled by series controversies that have garnered wide-spread public attention. A group of young Republican leaders, in the fall, were revealed to praise Adolf Hitler in a series of chat groups. And the Heritage Foundation, a premier conservative think tank in Washington DC, was roiled by a staff outcry after President Kevin Roberts defended a far-right figure who made anti-semitic remarks. Roberts sparked the wave of resignations among the think tank after defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on his platform.
Tucker Carlson has described nuclear weapons as "demonic" and "prima facie evil," questioning the moral justification for the atomic bombings of Japan on civilians
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Posted by: front toward enemy at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (TIizU) 2
BLADE TO THE FRONT
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/) 3
Finally. I think for a while Trump felt that it went without saying, but now it needs saying. Anyone who's bothered by this - go suck off Mamdami, that's where you belong.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (uWKK8) 4
I'll take the under on whatever the odds are that the Dems stop calling Trump an antisemite.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (Q4cxx) 5
Sixthish
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 02:29 PM (ofJjy) Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:29 PM (dK+Kv) 7
I am the most shocked at Megyn Kelly. She must really need the grift.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:29 PM (IifOV) 8
Good. We need a big tent, but not THAT big of a tent.
I'd also prefer that we don't have KKK people. They were (are?) Anti-semites too! Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 02:30 PM (zjgNU) 9
Kelly recently said that Jews are themselves responsible for antisemitism. The bleach and botox rotted out her brain.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK) 10
Trump lifted just one finger and . . .
Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (L/fGl) 11
"Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens hardest hit."
Nah, I think they're laughing all the way to the bank. This is performance art for them. The more outrageous things they say, the more clicks and money they make. Sucker, Dick, and Candass are also getting direct payments from anti-Israel sources. Me-gain is probably taking bribes as well. This is why even though they should be called out, I don't like talking about these parasites, because it only increases their exposure -- which is exactly what they want. There's no such thing as bad PR in their world. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (iFTx/) 12
Most of the Jew Hate crowd are opposed to and attacking Trump anyway. I'd say they all are but I really don't pay that close attention to any of them.
The key here is to not consider everyone called antisemite to actually BE one. For example, it is perfectly fine to criticize Israel if they do something stupid (shooting a church with a tank) or something wrong (attacking USS Liberty). The difference is, are you saying "they did this thing wrong" or are you saying "those Jews did it again in their usual Jooey way!" Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9) 13
It's an op
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (gGWDB) 14
Maybe Candice's Jewish time travelers got to Trump.
Posted by: banana Dream - Dokter Ven? at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (3uBP9) 15
My current assessment is thus:
Nick Fuentes..... Intelligence Asset Tucker Carlson....wanna be Intelligence asset (and probably was one on a specific project at one time) Candace Owens.....attention whore Megyn Kelly....desperate to remain relevant Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (dIske) 16
Even while I liked Tucker, I often saw that he was an unbalanced rhetorician.
He's been a bit erratic in the past. Overstating cases that could be said more reasonably. But now he seems to be doubling down on his last overreaction too much. I was a big fan of his TV show. That does not mean that some of the things he said didn't make me cringe. That doesn't mean that I thought he was too placative of Greenwald and some other helpful liberals. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (Q4cxx) 17
If IGTD were still here, he'd sit this one out...and then sneak back in Saturday to pretend he didn't know better.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (TN0g+) 18
Afternoon.
Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (Tqk3M) 19
Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.
But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so… Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ) 20
It’s our damn tent. We say.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (o2ZRX) 21
Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job
My guess is that its Ford Motor Company policy not to yell insults at the visiting VIPs, especially if you call them a pedo. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9) 22
Dividing MAGA from the Left didn't work so now it's a try from the Fake Right
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (gGWDB) 23
Worst. Nazi. Ever.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (L/fGl) Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxPkt) 25
There are far far more antisemites in the dems than on our side. They just can't let the Jewish people realize that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (zZu0s) 26
People who watch that poison aren't voting for the GOP or Trump anyways. It's bullshit for cash right down the line.
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv) 27
Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG) 28
Cucker Tarlson is another long time media whore like Me Again and Candace Ovens. And they gravitate toward what gets them paid. There is no honesty and principle in them other than the search for more money and attention.
Look at how Bo-Jo, another former journalist, behaved in office as an example of a media type actually having to grapple with policy. Botched it so thoroughly that his own party dumped his ass for his perpetual lying, self pity, and bloviating one thing while doing another. Expecting them to be otherwise is to forget our current media types. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (WDjG6) 29
I need another cup of coffee.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (yag1U) 30
Tucker wearing leather lederhosen while hanging out with the SA. Wouldn't surprise me.
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (Oql3v) 31
"My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish"
My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk) 32
Even while I liked Tucker, I often saw that he was an unbalanced rhetorician.
Yeah, its been a consistent theme here: "I don't trust Tucker and think he's weird, but I like what he did when he did something right." Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (PYyV9) Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (SRRAx) 34
Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job
His Antifa GoFundMe is already at half a million dollars. Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG) 35
>>> Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.
But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so… Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ) I really liked his Roman/Fantasy crossover books. A bit of a nutter though yes. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (3uBP9) 36
I don't believe Tucker used to be pro Nazi, Russian militarism anti-Semite, etc.
Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind? Or is it purely prostitution for Qatar money and "click" money? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (HlyYF) Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (PYyV9) 38
In a perverse sort of way, it's entertaining to watch a bunch of "influencers" lose their fucking minds live.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (U2OZr) 39
I saw Crosby Stills and Nash open up for Sucker, Dick and Candace in 74
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (gGWDB) 40
>>>You see, it was "demonic" for the US to use nukes.
But for his Russian friends? It's justifiable. Well, I know from commenters on this here blog the correct answer is to Nuke Russia because Russia. Because also Russia opposes the I love simple answers. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR) 41
26 People who watch that poison aren't voting for the GOP or Trump anyways. It's bullshit for cash right down the line.
Posted by: mrp ===== I think all of them have substantial audiences outside the US where their fairy tale bullshit resonates with people that don't know any better in Canada, UK, Muzzie land, etc. X becoming the number one new source in a lot of these countries is what is driving fearful reprisals by governments--it is not controlled opposition. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (WDjG6) 42
Tucker Carlson has described nuclear weapons as "demonic" and "prima facie evil," questioning the moral justification for the atomic bombings of Japan on civilians
>>>>> I hate stupid people like this. BOTH cities had significant military production and presence. They were legitimate military targets. MORESO, we killed fewer people in Hiroshima than our conventional bombing of Tokyo. Nagasaki was bigger, but still within the same realm of casualties of a major city. EVEN MORESO, we saved Japanese lives by bombing those cities. Their fanatical military would have insisted on fighting to the last man, woman, and child and kill as many US Servicemen (USAGI) as they could. (Which is the more pertinent statistic, but these evil people would have been fine with 1M+ Americans dead if we just didn't drop those evil bombs!) It was the greatest act of mercy the US could have done to stop Japan from fighting to the end. /rant off Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (zjgNU) 43
Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.
You discredit your argument when you tar someone who doesn’t cheer loud enough for your side. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (jbnUc) 44
Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job
And apparently just made about $800, 000 through a go fund me for calling the President a pedo protector. . Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (rZCVI) 45
Tuckers cheese does appear to have slid off his cracker.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s) 46
In a perverse sort of way, it's entertaining to watch a bunch of "influencers" lose their fucking minds live.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (U2OZr) === "Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" >> "Watch me turn my coat in front of your eyes!" Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (rj6Yv) Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (PYyV9) 48
Illiniwek, Jews don’t encourage conversion to their faith (from what I’ve read), but they do allow it.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ) 49
a series of high profile ultra-conservative figures have made controversial comments about the Jewish people and antisemitic speech
- "ultra-conservative" is some excellent gaslighting there. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (vSvIl) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:36 PM (rZCVI) 51
I thought Megyn was just annoying, not antisemitic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (L/fGl) 53
His laugh came from vocal cords transplant. All gay pandas laugh the same way.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (EyfuW) 54
You know what, the question "what happened to Tucker" is irrelevant. Why is it relevant ? Maybe he was always like that - look at his brother. We are NOT his family or his friends. We were presented a media avatar. Who cares. I don't care , and you should not either. Go by what we have. Believe your eyes and ears.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK) Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (PYyV9) 56
I hope the DHS and DOJ are tracking the assholes who are going start a fight
@Breaking911 2m BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3) 57
My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk) ----------- Let's consult Walter Sobchak on this. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (X4XpB) 58
"My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish"
My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk) ________ Descends down the mothers' line. Jewish mother? You are Jewish. Jewish father? Depends on the mother. Which is why you see kids with very Jewish names because of the father but who are Christian because the mother is. Anyone can convert and as long as it's serious, I believe that person is considered as much a Jew as any other Jew. Maybe even more so, because he or she chose it. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/) 59
Kelly recently said that Jews are themselves responsible for antisemitism. The bleach and botox rotted out her brain.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK) Well, they are. No, not like she means, but the certain Jews who keep saying that Israel is a horrible colonizing genociding evil country certainly ARE responsible for some antisemitism. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (zjgNU) 60
Anti-dentites are still cool though, right?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (2vYWT) 61
35 >>> Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.
But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so… Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ) I really liked his Roman/Fantasy crossover books. A bit of a nutter though yes. Posted by: banana Dream ===== Vox is a stone cold smart grifter and that is why he has few if any friends nor long term business colleagues. Smart guy but uses that to his own long term benefits while remaining remarkable vague about shilling for unfriendly countries. Look at former authors that worked with him and his apparent estrangement from his own family. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (WDjG6) 62
What has Kelly actually said to piss people off? A genuine question; I don't follow her, and really don't know.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (s0JqF) 63
Ill wonder about what I want to wonder about, thanks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s) 64
In Tucker Land, Tucker's anus comes prelubed for easy insertion.
Posted by: Big Green and Warty Dildo at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (GlDYx) 65
My guess is that Ford employee was a problem at work already. The heckling just gave management a plausible reason to fire him.
Besides, he now has all of that Go Fund Me money to live off of, right? Too bad no other company is going to want to hire him after this, 'cuz that GFM money won't last as long as he thinks it will. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (SRRAx) 66
Has anyone talked about ex-musk girl ashly going super lib, attempting to expunge records of any past conservative actions, and is probably going to trans her musk-brood?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (3uBP9) 67
What Semites?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (B3wdz) 68
Anti-dentites are still cool though, right?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 02:38 PM (2vYWT) Are they the ones against the bad species from the Hellraiser movies? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s) 69
Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?
Posted by: Ian S. I would. Too many nice old building there. 'Sides it's not the British people that are the problem. It's the Occupying government that is. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (mlg/3) 70
No, not like she means, but the certain Jews who keep saying that Israel is a horrible colonizing genociding evil country certainly ARE responsible for some antisemitism.
Unfortunately mainstream Judaism went from "Obey God and keep his laws" to "become a positive influence for the world and promote progressive values" so they can get into some really stupid positions. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (PYyV9) 71
Like half the "Republican" party Megyn Kelly would watch the Left put you in a mass grave if it made her a thin dime.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (gGWDB) 72
Kelly recently said that Jews are themselves responsible for antisemitism.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK) --- Don't you think that some of the comments on this blog represent a scenario that blacks earn their racist stereotypes? I mean, I try to give grace as much as I can, which is why I don't call people out on it every time I suspect it--and I'm not one to "call people out" based on what I think, for the most part, anyway. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (Q4cxx) 73
Too bad no other company is going to want to hire him after this, 'cuz that GFM money won't last as long as he thinks it will.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (SRRAx) Well..He's made 800 thousand on GoFundMe... Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (VE6XX) 74
The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the deaths of 2,403 Americans, including military personnel and civilians. Additionally, 1,178 others were wounded during the attack.
Yeah, it was necessary. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (NpAcC) 75
"Demonic" forces and no upside: In a November 2024 discussion, Carlson stated that nuclear weapons are "demonic, there's no upside to them at all," and suggested that the forces involved in their creation "were not human forces obviously". Speaking of demonic: Bombing of Shanghai, Rape of Nanking, Bataan Death March, Unit 731, Rape of Manila, Banzai Cliff on Saipan, Human Shields on Okinawa, 20 Million dead Chinese, slaughters in ways that would make a Ukranian Nazi death camp guard puke etc etc. Imperial Japan got what they deserved, and they were lucky that we only nuked them twice. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (y9nCu) 76
Vox Day's dad was actually sent to the big house for grifting. I guess genetics is real.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (gKWVE) 77
>> mindless and childish intellectual exercise".
Really? Almost 13,000 men died taking Okinawa alone. Well over 100,000 in the Pacific Campaign. Okinawa is only one island. The mainland would have been much more. Carlson has represented himself for far to long as some type of deep thinking intellectual. He’s nothing of the sort, especially when he doesn’t like the fact and launches into his “I’m just asking questions” sophism. Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (wn0/z) 78
I see a whole lot of lot of calculated distractions here. An ecosystem of distracting propagandists that's grown rapidly, like the life around one of those deep ocean hot sulfide vents. It's enemy action, intended to blunt and divert the effort to fix things, funded by people who benefit from not fixing things. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (azNOR) 79
It is a truism in international affairs that we have no permanent allies, only permanent interests. I guess the UK proved that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (L/fGl) 80
Like half the "Republican" party Megyn Kelly would watch the Left put you in a mass grave if it made her a thin dime.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:40 PM (gGWDB) Lol. I actually thought our collective op I nion of her was higher than eyepatch McCain. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s) 81
The People in Britain Minor eat potatochip sandwiches. Crisps.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (B3wdz) 82
Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?
...I would be very upset. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM (PYyV9) What if it was just London, allowing Britain to re-Britainize? Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vSvIl) 83
@66 I'd bet that Ashley woman is threatening to trans Elon's kid to get more $ from Elon. She seems to be a low rent grifter
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (Oql3v) 84
No, not like she means, but the certain Jews who keep saying that Israel is a horrible colonizing genociding evil country certainly ARE responsible for some antisemitism.
=== awfully quiet now that Islamic Regime's communications of are either cut off or very closely monitored Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (g47mK) 85
My guess is that Ford employee was a problem at work already. The heckling just gave management a plausible reason to fire him.
Besides, he now has all of that Go Fund Me money to live off of, right? Too bad no other company is going to want to hire him after this, 'cuz that GFM money won't last as long as he thinks it will. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (SRRAx) _____ I think GFM is mostly just more money laundering. Do we really believe that some rando moron collected almost a million bucks from "real" people donating their own money in a few days because he was fired for heckling Trump? Come on now. This was money laundered through GFM and will be kicked back in part to the launderers. Everything is a scam. Everything. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/) 86
19 Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.
But he believes that the moon landings were faked, too, so… Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ) _______ Well, we could have won without either nuking or invading. We were in a position to starve them into cannibalism. It'd have been ugly. And there was a problem with what they'd have done to the prisoners in their hands. Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (s0JqF) 87
I don't believe Tucker used to be pro Nazi, Russian militarism anti-Semite, etc.
Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind? Or is it purely prostitution for Qatar money and "click" money? Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 02:34 PM He got famous and it went to his head and he let the mask slip off thinking he was famous enough to get away with garbae like the antisemitism. Same thing happened to howard stern. He was a reasonable non political shock jock when he had his radio show in NYC that was just in it for the shock value and the ratings. stern would call Trump on a weekly basis just to get Trump on his radio show to talk about various stuff, he loved him back then. Once his radio show took off and he landed that satellite radio multi million $$$ gig he lost his mind with fame and went woke. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (0N4FZ) 88
As Aaron Rogers said before igniting his team's playoff run -- that ended abruptly in the first round -- You people need to relax.
Going nuts over an infotainment podcaster's latest hot take isn't worth the agita. Yet here we go again. Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (wBaIH) 89
43 Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.
You discredit your argument when you tar someone who doesn’t cheer loud enough for your side. Posted by: Dr. Claw Remember her Fox and NBC stints. Pepperidge Farms does. She was fully an adult when she acted that way and her behavior on the Me Too is another clue. So like Tucker, didn't give a shit about her then, still don't now. Media types are whores with their own version of Only Fans while wearing clothes. Hannity tick tock, Only Fans on Fox, etc. etc. O'Reilly, Only Fans for outrage types, etc. They do performance art to their audience to keep them entranced and coming back for more. To become big, you take the ticket, and then the ticket takes your soul. The ones that are minor doing their job types and never getting the limelight are the ones that you can trust slightly more than the rest. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (WDjG6) 90
If you think about it, one of the key indicators of "bad group" is being antisemitic. So for me, no matter what else they say, if they go there, from then on I am suspicious
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (Mh1sS) 91
55 Megan Kelly doesn’t belong on that list.
She has been a cheerleader for Nick Fuentes lately Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM You lay down with dogs, you get the fleas. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (IifOV) 92
The three perps that beat the hell out of the ICE agent last night are illegal aliens from Venezuela. This is also known as being a Maryland Man which as we all know is identical to being a US citizen. This is what the Democrats are defending.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (HTCU3) 93
You can't argue that there haven't been Jewish crimes against humanity.
youtube.com/watch?v=eYmZOycc5cw Posted by: Levitch Sings Dylan at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (oftw2) 94
@Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3) They know this for sure, or are they just making sure that pallets of bricks are pre-staged for the rent-a-mob's convenience? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (SRRAx) 95
I think Tucker, Owens, Fuentes, Kelly, etc. are all part of a big circle jerk making bank on stupid and impressionable semi-conservatives who follow them. It's really no different than the idiots who swear by the nutters on The View, CNN, NYT or another leftist mouthpiece.
"Impressionable" As in very uncurious and willing to take what's said at face value. Simply because it's Tucker, Owens, Fuentes, Kelly, etc. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (U2OZr) 96
Don't you think that some of the comments on this blog represent a scenario that blacks earn their racist stereotypes?
The thing is, that's acting like the behavior of a small portion of the black population represents the whole of it. Like, claiming all white people are line dancing three tooth hicks because some are in Corral City, Texas. Its a larger percentage of fatiguers than most other groups, admittedly, but still the minority by a large margin. Its just the black people who are not knuckleheaded fools don't get any media attention, music, or entertainment portrayals except in rare occasions. You get a constant portrayal of every black person being the inner city gang banging graffiti artist who fires his gun sideways. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (PYyV9) 97
Yeah, it was necessary.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (NpAcC) ========= IJN forces racked up the score a few hours later in the Philippines and Hong Kong. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:44 PM (rj6Yv) 98
BTW the numbers of dead in Hiroshima and Nagasaki go up every year. There are so many incredulous, unverified numbers it’s ridiculous.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 02:44 PM (wn0/z) 99
I just want to let you Jew-haters know that you'll always have a home in the Democratic Party.
Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (0e5Te) 100
I'm starting to understand why Fox axed Tucker.
Now that's he's unchained he's letting his freak flag fly but I doubt he became this unhinged overnight. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m) 101
Lol. I actually thought our collective op I nion of her was higher than eyepatch McCain.
Posted by: Aetius451AD ====== I rate them about the same. Both mouth the right things at times while shoveling money into their knapsack but I would not depend on either of them in a tight spot. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (WDjG6) 102
My understanding is that if your mother is Jewish, you are Jewish.
You can also convert, as you can with any belief system. I had a school friend who converted from Catholicism to Judaism when she married, and she and her husband raised their kids in the Jewish tradition and practice. Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (enw9G) 103
Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind?
Or is it purely prostitution for Qatar money and "click" money? Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9) 104
Rude behavior. Won't tolerate it.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (EyfuW) 105
Either that or siege warfare. Neither is that much fun.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (B3wdz) 106
Vox Day is Charles Johnson without the sexy ponytail.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE) 107
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV) 108
I don't know what to think about all this. Or better said, I don't know what happened to these people.Two years ago, they all seemed pretty sane, right?
This is why I'm mostly doing things like decluttering closets and de-Christmasing my house instead of following what's going on. I just can't keep up. Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (79pEw) 109
106 Vox Day is Charles Johnson without the sexy ponytail.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE) And the bike Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX) 110
Unfortunately mainstream Judaism went from "Obey God and keep his laws" to "become a positive influence for the world and promote progressive values" so they can get into some really stupid positions.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:39 PM (PYyV9) --- They also don't observe ritual sacrifice like was a central part of pre-Christian Judaism. See, Christians keep alive the meaning of sacrifice. Weekly or Monthly, we have a ritual asserting the value of the "spotless lamb". Jews act like it was never that much a part of it. But Christians kept the centrality of the "temple sacrifice". Some people view that as the barbaric part of Christianity that refuses to move with the times. But that still makes Christianity an argument for the more central continuation of the Yahwistic tradition. As opposed to those that "progressed". The only "progress" that Christians cite is the perfection of the sacrifice which creates a definitive juncture at which the sacrifice only needs to be remembered. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (Q4cxx) 111
Or are they? Carlson and Owens barely pretend to be Trump supporters, and Nick Fuentes urged his "Groyper" followers to vote for Kamala Harris.
====== He said he was going to Michigan in September of 2024 to campaign against Trump. He didn't go because, he said, he was afraid of Vance's security detail killing him. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (GBKbO) 112
Yes, it's through the mother. I had a friend in HS, named Shapiro. His father was Jewish, his mother Episcopalian. His sister was in my confirmation class; he had to take steps to convert.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (s0JqF) 113
You can get a pretty good idea of what is spooking rightwing Jews, by what is most often denied.
Young Jews and young evangelistic Christians are now significantly less supportive of the state of Israel, especially under the current leadership Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (+nyA/) 114
Is this a second one? Elon already had a kid who was hacked.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (B3wdz) 115
Chuck Dixon breaks down the invasion of Japan in extremely brutal, horrific detail. Basically it would be door-to-door fighting across the entire nation and the Japanese were determined to die to the last man woman and child for the Emperor. We'd have won, eventually, at horrendous casualties, but the Japanese culture would have been just about obliterated and the Japanese dead would have been many multiples of the atomic bomb casualties.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (PYyV9) 116
Any Horde theories about why he truly lost his mind?
It was the bow tie. It's the Orville Redenbacher effect. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (IifOV) 117
BTW the numbers of dead in Hiroshima and Nagasaki go up every year. There are so many incredulous, unverified numbers it’s ridiculous.
Posted by: Marcus T Like all those in the French Resistance. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (FzgDV) 118
Lol. I actually thought our collective op I nion of her was higher than eyepatch McCain.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s) I don't do collective opinions! Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (gGWDB) 119
bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (79pEw)
I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e) 120
Europeans are kinda dicks. I more open to them getting nuked than I used to be. Al least then they may finally shut up about global warming.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (fA38o) 121
I'm starting to understand why Fox axed Tucker.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m) --- Wow. Because so many other people stepped up and showed J6 footage. Carlson was a sacrificial lamb in the Dominion surrender. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (Q4cxx) 122
100 I'm starting to understand why Fox axed Tucker.
Now that's he's unchained he's letting his freak flag fly but I doubt he became this unhinged overnight. Posted by: JackStraw ====== Fox is a network that relies on its version of Only Fans presenters dance only to the Murdoch's tunes. Cucker had to be sacrificed for the Dominion lawsuit sham involving Murdochs colluding with Dominion to work. Remember the trigger for the shutdown of counting was Fox's own deep Dem shill that ran the prediction desk then and still does. The Murdochs, as globalists, were in on Biden's steal. Noticeably Cucker was not that upset as he already saw his next grift and the notoriety of being a 'true standup guy' for the Right made it an easy transition to podcasting. Anyone expecting virtue in a media type is like expecting chastity from an Only Fans performer. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (WDjG6) 123
@Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks So he's telling illegals to get the hell out of the city? Man, the racism on that guy... Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (Q7yzj) 124
Pre Christoan Judaism isn't a thing. It wasn't written down yet.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (B3wdz) 125
>>There are far far more antisemites in the dems than on our side.
Yeah...no. They are just more comfortable being brazen about it. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (ZcsJV) 126
93 You can't argue that there haven't been Jewish crimes against humanity.
youtube.com/watch?v=eYmZOycc5cw Posted by: Levitch Sings Dylan at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (oftw2) You owe me a new keyboard.... Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (SRRAx) 127
But that still makes Christianity an argument for the more central continuation of the Yahwistic tradition. As opposed to those that "progressed". The only "progress" that Christians cite is the perfection of the sacrifice which creates a definitive juncture at which the sacrifice only needs to be remembered.
Yeah this is why Christians argue that they are the actual ancient Jewish religion, carried on, fulfilled in a savior while current Judaism is a splinter that broke off and forsook their entire heritage and past. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (PYyV9) 128
I just saw the last post. I want us to go to that SH country, pilfer every last cent, and then set up long rows of gallows for every traitor that facilitated it.
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (HvW4E) 129
I once read about a handful of Japanese that were unfortunate enough to be present at both bombings.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (fA38o) 130
Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9) the great irony is that Bill Maher is becoming more and more reasonable, while Tucker is getting more and more idiotic. And if you want to talk about Batshit Crazy - Candace's latest theories about Charlie Kirk involve time travel in some fashion. It's too far out there to invest any time in understanding. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (uWKK8) 131
Who here among us wouldn't take $10Million a year to spout horseshit to an uncurious and pliable audience with little risk?
What these people honestly think is unknown to all but themselves. And on that count, I don't give a fuck. I also don't have to listen/watch either. So I don't. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (U2OZr) 132
114 Is this a second one? Elon already had a kid who was hacked.
Posted by: Boss Moss ====== Yep, former conservative influencer and last baby mama for Elon. Angling for more bucks. Elon can afford to stick his dick in crazy, most of us would be bankrupted. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (WDjG6) 133
Maybe ... Tucker and Candace are testing the limits of free speech? I don't know what that would get them.
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (SSiCQ) 134
The left is openly anti-Semitic. Jews overwhelmingly vote Democrat. Do with that what you will.
Posted by: resist_we_much at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (cpys8) 135
I don't have an issue with Megyn Kelly. During the Tucker Shapiro fight she was just trying to keep it civil because she was friends with both, but I think she has dump Shapiro. I think her point about Fuentes was that Tucker had a right to interview whomever he wanted. For that, I ditched the subscription to Tucker's channel. He got weird. I can't even come up with anything nice to say about anyone who runs cover for Candace Owens. She's just a friggin loon.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (BCuCF) 136
"My understanding is that if your mother is Jewish, you are Jewish. You can also convert, as you can with any belief system."
thx for all the comments on this. I can't recall any old testament verses about conversions, but lots of who begat whom verses. I think Jesus had "pure bloodlines" from Mary and even Joseph, though Joseph was not the biological father. People can "convert to any belief system" in thinking, but even early NT (gospels) there was Jew and Gentile, they (only?) mixed with Christianity, where they became of one body (if they believed). Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (vbXSk) 137
I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e) ------- I agree, Fen. It's a whirlwind out there. Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (79pEw) 138
. It's too far out there to invest any time in understanding.
Posted by: Tom Servo You only get the time machine with Platinum AOS membership. Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (gKWVE) 139
I had a school friend who converted from Catholicism to Judaism when she married, and she and her husband raised their kids in the Jewish tradition and practice.
Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM Giving up bacon and spare ribs is one heck of a lady committed to the relationship. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (0N4FZ) 140
don't know what to think about all this. Or better said, I don't know what happened to these people.Two years ago, they all seemed pretty sane, right?
--------- Some people will only be as sane as you pay them to be. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (gGWDB) 141
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV) During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (rj6Yv) 142
Even when I used to like Carlson, I couldn't listen to him. That high-pitched, occasionally screechy voice, and the silly giggle grated on my ears something fierce. Like sitting in a room with an excited kookaburra.
Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (2L+MU) 143
82 What if it was just London, allowing Britain to re-Britainize?
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM (vSvIl) There's still Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester,... Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 15, 2026 02:53 PM (0bjKf) 144
And speaking of Jews and Israel. What ever happened to the release of those Epstein files videos and pics .
One of the last files I read was about Epstein calling Mar A Lago asking for the underage spa girls to be sent to his house. Of course yes, that did continue after conviction, for about 2 years until something worse than usual happened Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 15, 2026 02:53 PM (+nyA/) 145
Maybe ... Tucker and Candace are testing the limits of free speech? I don't know what that would get them.
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (SSiCQ) -------- From what I've seen, Candace makes Tucker look completely sane. Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:53 PM (79pEw) 146
130 Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9) the great irony is that Bill Maher is becoming more and more reasonable, while Tucker is getting more and more idiotic. And if you want to talk about Batshit Crazy - Candace's latest theories about Charlie Kirk involve time travel in some fashion. It's too far out there to invest any time in understanding. Posted by: Tom Servo ------ Don Henley is a POS human but his Dirty Laundry song has the media nailed. "Well I could'a been an actor, But I would up here, I just have to look good I don't have to be clear, Come and whisper in my ear I need dirty laundry." Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6) 147
This has *nothing* to do with some liberal Joos being perturbed about the commies celebrating October 7th, right?
"What did you think decolonization looked like?" Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (ULPxl) 148
Stephen A. Fires Back at Jasmine Crockett and Joy Reid: “They Should Be Ashamed”
- Dude, they haven't got a shame gene. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (L/fGl) 149
Europeans are kinda dicks. I more open to them getting nuked than I used to be. Al least then they may finally shut up about global warming.
Here's the thing: Europeans are all Climate Change Cultists. We have a pretty sizable amount of the population that rejects that crap and a much bigger one that is very skeptical. Europeans go from Global Warmening believer to zealot who attacks people who don't believe enough. Its assumed, its part of the cultural consciousness in the same way that we all assume that the sky is blue. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (PYyV9) 150
Like Bill Maher, his integrity is flexible, he goes where the money is. And the Middle East money is very available.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:45 PM (PYyV9) Eh, my money is still on mental status change. I never got the drifter gut feeling from Tucker. Now, my gut has been wrong before, but that was a mental status change/drugs. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (zZu0s) 151
He said he was going to Michigan in September of 2024 to campaign against Trump.
He didn't go because, he said, he was afraid of Vance's security detail killing him. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (GBKbO) ****** Tucker Carlson’s son, Buckley is the Press Secretary for JD Vance. JD needs to be very careful. Buckley's father seems to have an odd affection for Nick Fuentes. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC) 152
I think they were far to lenient on Japan after WW2. They ate the elder Bush's squadron.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (B3wdz) Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/) 154
I don’t see any specific comments from Kelly.
Either you don’t like her for some other reason or you’re just taking someone else’s interpretation of what she said. Be careful drawing a line a demonizing everyone outside it. Watch the democrats for their track record with that. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (jbnUc) 155
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV) During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone. ---------------- Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (sX1BW) 156
He got famous and it went to his head and he let the mask slip off thinking he was famous enough to get away with garbae like the antisemitism.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 02:42 PM Excellent point. I know a few famous people, people that grew up as top-level athletes, children of wealthy people, etc. Lots of them were absolute a$$holes that believed their own BS, because they went many, many years without anyone ever pointing out their errors, personal authoritarianism, etc. Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (HlyYF) 157
Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.
There's only one bit of news that matters.... Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (gGWDB) Posted by: Hugh Jackman at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (0e5Te) 159
>>> 94 @Breaking911 2m
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3) They know this for sure, or are they just making sure that pallets of bricks are pre-staged for the rent-a-mob's convenience? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (SRRAx) LOL Let them get wound up, give them a few days to go full timwalz, and when the meth wears off and they go back home *then* you send the ICEberg. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (ULPxl) 160
The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them. Everyone forgets about that and it was pretty horrific. It just wasn’t done all at one time.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (fA38o) 161
Dod they really have 6 more nukes?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (B3wdz) 162
Is this a second one? Elon already had a kid who was hacked.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:48 PM (B3wdz) I think Ashley was the newest baby momma. A 'con' influencer chick. Never heard of her myself until he knocked her up. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s) 163
136 Ruth the Moabitess was probably the most prominent convert to Judaism in the Bible. Great-grandmother of David.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ) 164
109 106 Vox Day is Charles Johnson without the sexy ponytail.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE) And the bike - It's me donna And the minimalist photography. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (2L+MU) 165
>>Because so many other people stepped up and showed J6 footage.
Nonsense. It was shown everywhere. I didn't see it on Fox yet I managed to see it. Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m) 166
Eh, my money is still on mental status change. I never got the drifter gut feeling from Tucker.
He started out pretty centrist lefty early in his career and "evolved" to be conservative, then "evolved" into modern nutjar Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (PYyV9) 167
151 Tucker Carlson’s son, Buckley is the Press Secretary for JD Vance.
JD needs to be very careful. Buckley's father seems to have an odd affection for Nick Fuentes. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC) ======= My sister is a progressive. My mother is as conservative as I am. This guilt Vance by association because he hired Tucker's son always strikes me as grasping, desperately, at straws and just stirring up shit. Combine that with some "sources say" stories about behind the scenes discussions, and I just see a bunch of nonsensical fools looking for smoke, knowing a fire is somewhere round these parts. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO) 168
154 agreed. I listen and watch Megyn Kelly and she has been pretty rational the last few years. She's just trying to straddle a line between conservative insiders that apparently want to be king of the mountain for awhile.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 02:57 PM (BCuCF) 169
Tokyo wasn't targeted because after the firebombing it wasn't necessary.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 02:57 PM (B3wdz) 170
>>The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them. Everyone forgets about that and it was pretty horrific. It just wasn’t done all at one time.
And neither would have been necessary if the Japanese didn't turn their entire population into the War Manufacturing Base. We would have just bombed their factories and rail systems. But, they were using the whole populus to assemble weapons. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:57 PM (ZcsJV) 171
Yeah...no. They are just more comfortable being brazen about it.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:50 PM (ZcsJV) Wait, really? You think the right is teeming with antisemitism? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 02:58 PM (zZu0s) 172
Yeah this is why Christians argue that they are the actual ancient Jewish religion, carried on, fulfilled in a savior while current Judaism is a splinter that broke off and forsook their entire heritage and past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:51 PM (PYyV9) --- I learned by watching a series by an ex-Jewish Rabbi and scholar, turned Messianic Rabbi and scholar things I never expected to learn from my original dabbling in Christianity. I had placidly accepted the idea that Judaism simply continued on, only difference was that they didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah. However, long-standing doctrines of Biblical interpretation were changed because they were too effective for Christian evangelists. Thus, Christianity was carried forth with these long-standing pre-Christian interpretations of scripture. And the Teachers of the Law simply discontinued and forbade them. Let me repeat that this is 180-degrees from my initial tacit expectations. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:58 PM (Q4cxx) 173
They're both hustling madly for
FAME! They're gonna live forever They're gonna learn how to fly (High!) They feel it coming together People will see them and cry (Fame!) They're gonna make it to heaven --well, maybe not that ... Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (SSiCQ) 174
160 The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them. Everyone forgets about that and it was pretty horrific. It just wasn’t done all at one time. - sniffybigtoe
Like Dresden. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (2L+MU) 175
Even after Megyn Kelly slunk back to our side after the left canceled her, and after she called out Trump's Rosie comment about being a pig at the debate, I've never trusted her. Wanted to, but never got to Reagan's "trust but verify" moment with her. Sad to be proven right.
However, Megyn is mentoring and building up some GREAT talent in her new media empire. Link Lauren might be my fave, he's a gay Draco Malfoy lookalike with a Texas accent. Very funny. And Maureen calls out celeb bad actors and does deep dives into psychology that I love. Her recurring pool of talent is great; the guy from Brooklyn just did a great deep dive on what's going on with Tom Brady and Traves Kelce. So if megyn turns out to be ridiculous but helps millennial and gen z conservatives find their way and their audience, I can't totally throw her out with the bathwater. Yet. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (gWBY1) 176
Yep, make Tucker live up to his own book of rules.
Make HIM refute it. It is the only way to get back to civil discourse. He is just the start for those sorts of people. Piss him off so he attacks us. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. That will win the day for us. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (rbvCR) 177
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV) During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone. ---------------- Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM (sX1BW) ________ It's popular in Philippines to trace the steps of the Death March. Even people in excellent health, with plenty of food and water, with modern clothes and athletic shoes, have a very hard time walking the entire route. Very few can do the whole thing. It's incredible that any of the prisoners made it that far in the condition they were in. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/) 178
>>Wait, really? You think the right is teeming with antisemitism?
I don't think it. I know it. It's pervasive. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV) 179
Speaking of Antisemites: Fox new is reporting that Units of the Luftwaffe have been deployed to Greenland!
Posted by: DOGGFISH at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (Ipeki) 180
The atomic bombs were more merciful than the firebombing we did before we nuked them.
There is this shared assumption that nuclear weapons are worse than anything else, and someone dying to an atom bomb is worse than from a regular bomb. Its ridiculous. People seem to think we're playing Defender and fire off Smart Bombs that only harm the bad guys. That 1000 pound bomb with TNT blew up babies and widows and old men in wheelchairs just as much as it did soldiers. The buildings damaged by bombs collapsed on families and SS officers equally. The only difference between a conventional bomb and an atomic/nuclear one is the size of destruction. Instead of dropping 2,700 tons of bombs on Dresden, we could drop one Atomic bomb but ultimately the results are the same. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (PYyV9) Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (SSiCQ) 182
Were the nukes necessary? I say yes.
Posted by: Gojira at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (0e5Te) 183
UN Cirque de Soleil is up.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:01 PM (B3wdz) 184
The left uses people like Fuentes to tarnish all right leaning figures.
Which I assume is why they are paying him. And here's the funny thing, even when I go to areas where his ideas have some support like say the ZH comments section the people there still don't like him...which tells me he is 100% astroturf Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm) 185
I would not trust Tucker's kid due to "Buckley". I don't trust Saxby or Muhammed either.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (cS1cw) 186
And yes, we need more nukes, some of the ones we have are quite old and I question if they'd even go off.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (PYyV9) 187
157 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.
There's only one bit of news that matters.... Posted by: ... ========== Yep, I prefer written sources because I read a lot faster than I can bear to listen to someone's spiel. It is always harder and more exhausting, like in court, to actively listen for the false notes, the subtle inconsistencies, and the jumps in logic. In a written document, it is child's play. Because you can reread it over and over again while most people never have the patience to actually watch a video over and over again to pick up these. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (WDjG6) 188
The UN suffers from divershitty.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (B3wdz) 189
I don't think it. I know it. It's pervasive.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV) Really. No snark, but i have never seen this. It always amazes me when people have these kinds of things (or any form of racism) it's like I am living in a completely different world. So, if you think that all of your allies are racists, why be a part of it? Why not 'a pox on all your houses' and take your football and go home? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (zZu0s) 190
184 The left uses people like Fuentes to tarnish all right leaning figures.
Which I assume is why they are paying him. And here's the funny thing, even when I go to areas where his ideas have some support like say the ZH comments section the people there still don't like him...which tells me he is 100% astroturf Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm) ====== "This progressive who hates Trump, told his listeners to vote for Kamala, and endlessly talks about how awesome Gavin Newsom is is a real detriment to the conservatives because he likes Nazis." -logic Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO) 191
Ammo inventory complete.
Dang. I'm low on 5.56 and .380. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB) 192
Joo hate is an easy organizing principle for any incipient or insurgent political movement.
Very malleable and infinitely fantasical. Like this Patagonia theory Matt Gaetz is pushing, has been a longtime favorite of Peronists. Los judios se quieren Patagonia!!1! Mmmkay. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (i+wP0) 194
> There are far far more antisemites in the dems than on our side.
I don't know. I used to think it was kind of rare because people around me didn't engage in antisemitism. But I see a LOT of casual antisemitism on X and other platforms from people who hold a lot of conservative views. Anti-mormonism too. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (Yp6az) 195
Personally though, I think Hitler's regime has been dead for 80 years, and Hitler too. Unless he has only been gone 60 years.
I think the fighting over a man that dead and gone is justification for whatever you think you have to justify. I was told as a dumb young man, "if you have to justify something, you probably shouldn't have done it" Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (rbvCR) 196
Really. No snark, but i have never seen this. It always amazes me when people have these kinds of things (or any form of racism) it's like I am living in a completely different world.
I have but its not widespread or common. Definitely not as bad as on the left. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (PYyV9) 197
178 >>Wait, really? You think the right is teeming with antisemitism?
I don't think it. I know it. It's pervasive. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM (ZcsJV) I'd be happy to hear you out. Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (SSiCQ) Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (sX1BW) 199
>>> Here's the thing: Europeans are all Climate Change Cultists
I do wonder if this is because they don't have the gift of air conditioning. They are at the mercy of their open windows in the summer. They are far more sensitive to temp changes than us Americans, who can just close the windows and crank on AC or a swamp cooler on the hot days to cool our homes. So they get fooled by the "look how hot it is this summer, you're melting the planet!" I love the TikToks of Europeans who move to the US and are like, air conditioning is the best thing ever, I want to marry it, I never want to be without it again. They are hilarious. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (gWBY1) 200
26 People who watch that poison aren't voting for the GOP or Trump anyways. It's bullshit for cash right down the line.
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv) I think one of the targets of these grifters is young people who are still looking for answers in a complicated world, and for belonging. Also a large part of the grift to split the Right and get people to think the anti-Jew sentiment is there and not the Left. Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (qivay) 201
So, did Tucker name is son after William F.? That’s quite telling, if so.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ) 202
I've never bought the whole "far left and far right make a circle" thing and still don't but Jew hate is the one place the far right and the left agree.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (gGWDB) 203
Don't spend it all at one place, kid.
@LeadingReport 5m BREAKING: Verizon offers $20 to customers impacted by outage. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (mlg/3) 204
Sy Snootles should do a number at the UN.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (B3wdz) 205
It's popular in Philippines to trace the steps of the Death March. Even people in excellent health, with plenty of food and water, with modern clothes and athletic shoes, have a very hard time walking the entire route. Very few can do the whole thing. It's incredible that any of the prisoners made it that far in the condition they were in.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/) ======== The actual march averaged about 14 km per day. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (rj6Yv) 206
I'm glad Trump is saying something about these weirdoes. Who can do the Bill Buckley thing and throw them out decisively? Charlie Kirk had the moral authority and leadership. Who is it now? Trump? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (x4Mz/) 207
The UN suffers from divershitty.
------------ Again, arguably we have not used enough nuclear weapons. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (sX1BW) 208
BREAKING: Portland Mayor warns ICE is preparing to send agents into the city within the next two weeks
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (mlg/3) They know this for sure, or are they just making sure that pallets of bricks are pre-staged for the rent-a-mob's convenience? Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 02:43 PM (SRRAx) LOL Let them get wound up, give them a few days to go full timwalz, and when the meth wears off and they go back home *then* you send the ICEberg. Posted by: Helena Handbasket Send in the Marines and don't give them crayons. A hungry Marine is a dangerous Marine. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (FzgDV) 209
203 3 times as generous as the mullahs.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (B3wdz) 210
I’ve somehow accumulated 3 cases and change of .380 and I only have 2 pistols for it. Looks like I need another gun or 2.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (fA38o) 211
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV) During the Battle of Manila, which raged from Feb. 3, 1945 to March 3, 1945, it is estimated that Japanese military forces killed approximately 100,000 Filipino civilians. That's about the same number of people killed in Hiroshima alone. ---------------- Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 02:55 PM After what the Japanese Army did in Nanking and other places as noted above they deserved whatever happened to them. The Japanese were and are some of the most racist people on the planet. In my 22 years in the military traveling all over the world I have never encountered a more racist country than Japan. They make the klan look like schoolboys. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 03:05 PM (0N4FZ) 212
Anti-mormonism too.
Traditional Christians are going to have some theological issues here and I don't think there is anything wrong with people being upfront about that. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm) 213
57 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.
There's only one bit of news that matters.... Posted by: ... Lies no extra charge of course. Posted by: MSM (We're only in it for the money) at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (nvKZ7) 214
57 My older sister was going through some Jewish classes (including some Hebrew) to "become Jewish". But is that really how it works, or is it all about (the Mother's?) bloodline? Or is their a special class of "Adopted Jews"? idk, but am curious.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (vbXSk) ----------- Let's consult Walter Sobchak on this. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 02:37 PM (X4XpB) SHOMER FUCKING SHABBOS! Posted by: Walter Sobchak doesn't roll on shabbos at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (TbWk/) 215
The difference is, are you saying "they did this thing wrong" or are you saying "those Jews did it again in their usual Jooey way!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9) Too many people don't make the distinction between the two. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv) 216
Charlie Kirk had the moral authority and leadership. Who is it now? Trump?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (x4Mz/) I would gladly give Eva Vlaardingbroek a significant amount of authority. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (gGWDB) 217
187 157 Half the news is lies. The other half is made up. The rest is stuff you mostly wouldn't want to know.
There's only one bit of news that matters.... Posted by: ... _______________________ This isn't true. Sincerely, A Respected source that wishes to remain anonymous Posted by: You don't know me. Look away. at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dIske) 218
Crazy Jew hate out of Argentina? No way. Since when has Argentina been a safe haven for antisemites?
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (0e5Te) 219
I thought Buckley Carlson was Tucker's brother. Did he name is his kid Buckley too?
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (BCuCF) 220
Fuck Bowtie, my maternal grandfather was on a ship waiting to take part in Operation Olympic-Coronet....he can go fuck himself.
Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (MUJd1) Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (cS1cw) 222
Duh, I looked it up, Buckley Carlson, Tucker's kid is deputy press secretary. He's kinda young.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (BCuCF) 223
>>I'd be happy to hear you out.
Cute. I started having this conversation with Ace over a decade ago... I think you will find that Ace stopped arguing about it with me for a reason. Just open your eyes and ears. You can't escape it. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (ZcsJV) 224
Chichijima Incident. After the battle something was eating Bush SR's squadron. That something was the Japanese.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (B3wdz) 225
Ruth from the Bible got off easy. Her name is almost never brought up without saying "Ruth the Moabitess". I got it worse.
Posted by: Rahab The Harlot at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (oftw2) 226
>> Crazy Jew hate out of Argentina? No way. Since when has Argentina been a safe haven for antisemites?
1945 Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (viF8m) 227
For example, when Jesus talked about "Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit", he is referring to a long-standing authoritative interpretation that the only the Messiah could heal blindness and lameness that people were born with. Thus the Messiah would show himself to be Messiah by these acts.
"He has a demon" they said of the guy doing those acts. And the spirit that he had was the Holy Spirit. The rank-and-file Pharisee confronting Jesus had no Schmeka (authority) to challenge any authoritative interpretation. So, scribes and teachers, with little authority, were basically saying that what had been held to be a sign of the Messiah, could be done with parlor tricks and a demon. This is why I argue that most moderns cannot commit Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. It requires a doctrine that only the Messiah could heal a man born blind and that would be a sign. Atheists don't believe in such an entity to be a condition to be *revealed*. The idea that there is a Messiah is as daft as the idea that there is a God. They also would more likely believe that Jesus' healings are not actual accounts, not things that they themselves investigated (per Gospels) and attributed to "demons Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (Q4cxx) 228
This guilt Vance by association because he hired Tucker's son always strikes me as grasping, desperately, at straws and just stirring up shit.
Combine that with some "sources say" stories about behind the scenes discussions, and I just see a bunch of nonsensical fools looking for smoke, knowing a fire is somewhere round these parts. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO) ****** Tucker helped get him that job. This of course was before Tucker went batshit crazy. I'm not saying Vance should fire him, just be careful. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (NpAcC) 229
Crazy Jew hate out of Argentina? No way. Since when has Argentina been a safe haven for antisemites?
Posted by: Wally May 1945? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (FzgDV) 230
"The only "progress" that Christians cite is the perfection of the sacrifice which creates a definitive juncture at which the sacrifice only needs to be remembered."
And so JC is our high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedec (in Hebrews). But Hebrews also says there is no more Jew nor Gentile, but all are one in Christ Jesus. (and there can be fake Jews and fake Christians that do not believe or honor their scriptures) The Great Mystery is the one body with Christ as the head, and we a joint heirs, members in particular. That is progress, we are no longer under the law. It is not about just remembering the sacrifice, it is about serving in the one body (not a denomination). Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (vbXSk) 231
Ruth from the Bible got off easy. Her name is almost never brought up without saying "Ruth the Moabitess". I got it worse.
Posted by: Rahab The Harlot -------------- Couldn't play baseball either. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (sX1BW) 232
Read up on the Bataan Death March, and the whining about the Nagasaki & Hiroshima bombs are moot.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:47 PM (IifOV) ------ When you're done with that, keep digging up all of the various heinous atrocities committed by the Japanese pretty much any place they set foot. Anyone that says they didn't deserve the extra two Suns we created for them is an idiot or a dishonest idiot. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (5aZAZ) 233
Is it time, yet?
@Breaking911 21s BREAKING: Violent clashes erupt in Minneapolis as anti-ICE agitators confront federal agents Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (mlg/3) 234
I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.
Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (DPeYO) 235
>>> You will find no anti-moronism at ASOHQ.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM (sX1BW) There's a few of us Mormons here, and I appreciate it. The Mormon underwear jokes are a lazy default joke, but I can handle it. (One time Razorfist made a Kolob joke, and I was like oooh that's different! But he's a fantastic wit, I'd expect no less.) Mormons who haven't bought into the "be nice to the point you're a pushover" attitude that plagues the Mitt Romneys in our religion, and have actually studied our history the way I have, know how evil big government can get with religions. I am the fiercest ally for pro second amendment, limited government, maximum personal freedom tied to civic responsibility. But the feckless Mormons with TDS drive me bonkers. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:09 PM (gWBY1) 236
The eurofags teach this doctrine to their children.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (B3wdz) 237
My sister is a progressive. My mother is as conservative as I am.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM From what I understand Susan Rice's son is very conservative MAGA Trump guy. Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (IifOV) 238
Ruth the Moabitess was probably the most prominent convert to Judaism in the Bible. Great-grandmother of David.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (77rzZ) ==== The highest esteem for Ruth is an examplar for how converts are to be treated. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (Yp6az) 240
I don't know whether the Jews are responsible for this or not.
A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All Variety @Variety NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.” - So who'll be the new Jim? Melissa McCarthy? Rachel Ziegler? Whoopi? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (L/fGl) 241
I thought Buckley Carlson was Tucker's brother. Did he name is his kid Buckley too?
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (BCuCF) ****** Yes Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (NpAcC) 242
She did get a candy bar named after her.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (B3wdz) 243
Wow, look at you, working so hard for them shekels!! You go, goy!!!
Posted by: Mav at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (hEnmt) 244
I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.
Posted by: troyriser I think it was confirmed Fucker is being paid. And you can't move to Dubai without permission, either. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (mlg/3) 245
(shakes head)
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (cS1cw) 246
I don't know whether the Jews are responsible for this or not.
A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All Variety @Variety NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.” ------------ Let me know when we get the Quincy MD reboot. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:11 PM (sX1BW) 247
So if megyn turns out to be ridiculous but helps millennial and gen z conservatives find their way and their audience, I can't totally throw her out with the bathwater. Yet.
Posted by: LizLem ====== On anyone, I don't care what they watch, who they listen too, or cancelling someone because suzy said that freddy said that ferris did this or that. My opinion is that in media, there are people willing to take the ticket when the time comes for wealth and fame beyond dreams if only they play ball. And those approaches come from a friend, a trusted source, etc. Bad enough in print but far easier to see and crosscheck (try reading a transcript of something like the Spew View show versus watching it). You will find all the demagogues' tricks while surprisingly little actual content. Video is aimed at our emotions. It presents little nuggets of fact without an obvious framework, while not including material omissions of fact and linkages of those facts unless you have direct knowledge otherwise. This leads people to come up with their own conclusions that---ta da-- are what the presenter wanted them to think. They now proudly proclaim Gnostic knowledge by watching this show. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (WDjG6) 248
This guilt Vance by association because he hired Tucker's son always strikes me as grasping, desperately, at straws and just stirring up shit.
Hunter Biden, Whitey Bulger's cousin, and Mitt Romney's consigliere went to Ukraine together to grift. Somehow though the FNM doesn't see that as an issue for Romney or Joe Biden... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm) 249
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‘ Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase.’ Was he a rump ranger or did he just come across as one? Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (jbnUc) 250
Worst Terrorist attack in Argentina was done to a Synagogue in Buenos Aries 26 years ago.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (0KSrI) 251
137 I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e) ------- I agree, Fen. It's a whirlwind out there. Posted by: bluebell at January 15, 2026 02:52 PM (79pEw) ++++ It is crazy out there. I am just happy that my family and friends are all very conservative types and I don't have to combat any lefty loons. So that's a comfort. Posted by: washrivergal at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (HifX0) 252
When you're done with that, keep digging up all of the various heinous atrocities committed by the Japanese pretty much any place they set foot.
They were easily as horrific and evil as the Nazis, just less efficient at it. But they were forgiven, their evils buried and forgotten, and got a pass on it all largely because the Jewish people ran entertainment and news, so they made damn sure everyone knew what the Nazis did. Not that they wanted to give Japanese a pass, but that they weren't as aware and focused on it. So by default, the Imperial Japanese were just "nice enough guys that fought us" so much so that Spielberg decided that Pacific had to be partly about how awful the US was to Japanese. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9) 253
I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.
Their views changed when the the people paying them changed. Seems pretty clear to me... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm) 254
201 So, did Tucker name is son after William F.? That’s quite telling, if so.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 03:04 PM That, and Tucker named his daughter Bill Kristol. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (IifOV) 255
237 My sister is a progressive. My mother is as conservative as I am.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM From what I understand Susan Rice's son is very conservative MAGA Trump guy. Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:10 PM (IifOV) ________________________________ Hell, Tampon Timmy's immediate relatives moved out of his state, and expressly stated not to vote for him, Vote for Trump. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (dIske) 256
223 >>I'd be happy to hear you out.
Cute. I started having this conversation with Ace over a decade ago... I think you will find that Ace stopped arguing about it with me for a reason. Just open your eyes and ears. You can't escape it. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (ZcsJV) garrett, I wasn't being cute. I tried to phrase my reply in as inviting a way as I could. Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:13 PM (SSiCQ) 257
This isn't true.
Sincerely, A Respected source that wishes to remain anonymous Posted by: You don't know me. Look away. at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dIske) Good point Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (gGWDB) 258
Too many people don't make the distinction between the two.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (dK+Kv) --- A lot of people think "splitting hairs" is a waste of time when they want to jump to their conclusion. This is quite universal. Deliberation requires a particular discipline. I aim for that discipline, though I can never say I always achieve it. If somebody wants to bicker, let them be like 99% of the population and have at it. If they are a Christian, I would briefly cite the value of bickering, but still. It's going to happen. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Q4cxx) 259
Anti-mormonism too.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (Yp6az) Lol. I am never sure how much anticatjolism is real or just me being sensitive to it. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s) 260
234 I have to wonder if formerly quasi-mainstream, supposedly conservative figures such as Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Goetz, et al have always been flaming antisemites and kept it smoldering on the down-low or if they've been bought off with Qatari and UAE bribe money.
Posted by: troyriser ====== That would mean that they had principles. Media and politicians normally find principles fully dispensable when it interferes with the quest for more money, power, or fame. Hollow people ready to be filled up with whatever the ticket givers want. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (WDjG6) 261
> Traditional Christians are going to have some theological issues here and I don't think there is anything wrong with people being upfront about that.
I don't consider intellectually honest comments about theological differences anti-mormonism. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Yp6az) 262
Look at Ronald Reagan Jr., a complete lib nutcase.’
Was he a rump ranger or did he just come across as one? Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM I seem to remember his doing ballet dancing. No joke. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (IifOV) 263
Not that they wanted to give Japanese a pass, but that they weren't as aware and focused on it.
I think you are seeing the differences in trying to keep Japan on the western side in the cold war. Bringing up their war crimes would have made Soviet influence a bit easier. The same wasn't true for the Germans because their war crimes heavily targeted the people in Russia whereas Japan was mostly focused on Korea, China and the regions to their south. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (sKqQm) 264
Fuck Bowtie, my maternal grandfather was on a ship waiting to take part in Operation Olympic-Coronet....he can go fuck himself.
Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:06 PM (MUJd1) My late Stepfather was a CPO on the light carrier USS Belleau Wood. They were on their way to take part in the invasion of Japan when word came down about the atom bombs and the ending of the war. He said he saw grown men, hardened combat veterans, cry like children with relief that the invasion would no longer take place. Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (DPeYO) 265
A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All
Variety @Variety NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.” ------------ Let me know when we get the Quincy MD reboot. Posted by: SH (no more socks) How about the Six Billion Dollar Man? Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (6xukV) 266
The magic underwear mafia?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (B3wdz) 267
The number of opinionators out there that I trust keeps shrinking. Good… saves me a lot of time not listening to Carlson, M Kelly etc etc … I can’t ignore them anymore than I do now (unless I stopped commenting on posts which mention them)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (k0PcD) 268
As a proud conservative feminist in the vein of Susan B Anthony, as fiercely pro life as she was, the mainstream feminists want nothing to do with me. It's been fascinating to do deep dives in each of the 3 main waves of feminism, and find out the facts that get buried.
Like that in every single wave of feminism, the elitist, most privileged, and most man hating of the women in those movements were all rabid, rabid antisemites. One of them in the 1800s ran a women's prep school, and tried to keep out Jewish girls because she was a crazy racist. Second wave 60s feminism has its share of antisemites. And now the modern 3rd wave has its Muslim members who want all the Jews exterminated. It's a black eye for the women's movement, but it gets shoved down because it puts lefties in the wrong side if history. Can't have that! Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (gWBY1) 269
When you're done with that, keep digging up all of the various heinous atrocities committed by the Japanese pretty much any place they set foot.
They were easily as horrific and evil as the Nazis, just less efficient at it. But they were forgiven, their evils buried and forgotten, and got a pass on it all largely because the Jewish people ran entertainment and news, so they made damn sure everyone knew what the Nazis did. Not that they wanted to give Japanese a pass, but that they weren't as aware and focused on it. So by default, the Imperial Japanese were just "nice enough guys that fought us" so much so that Spielberg decided that Pacific had to be partly about how awful the US was to Japanese. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9) _______ I would add that most (almost all?) of the Japanese atrocities were inflicted on fellow Asians. So Europe and the USA had less reason to care. There is still deep hatred of Japan from the oldest generations of Chinese and Koreans. But they are all dead or dying, replaced by younger gens obsessed with J-Pop. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/) 270
I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
I am going to wax old fashioned here and state that the men of the family are supposed to learn and bear the burden of all this stuff, study and understand it so the women and kids do not have to. That men are supposed to take that pain and stress and guide their family with that information and the women and kids could live without it. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (PYyV9) 271
264 Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 03:15 PM (DPeYO)
The Japanese were willing to die to a person and the Americans were willing to help them, the bomb saved lives I never met a PacWar veteran who said otherwise nor a Japanese of that age. Horrible decision? Sure it was a horrific thing, but not an evil thing and not the worst thing....LeMay would have burnt the island to a cinder with napalm if need be. Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (MUJd1) 272
That would mean that they had principles. Media and politicians normally find principles fully dispensable when it interferes with the quest for more money, power, or fame.
I don't think this is the most common case, though yes it is true for some. I'd argue it is usually more incremental. You get a request to cover a story you wouldn't normally, or to talk to someone you wouldn't normally and...well...its a small thing and its important I still have this platform to get my message across!!! But after some number of those compromises you find yourself now with a completely different public persona. So you still traded your integrity for wealth and influence but it wasn't some intentional grift... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm) 273
Arguably, we have not used enough nuclear weapons.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) ----- To quote the blogfather: "The Japanese. Nuked to much, or not enough?" 😎 Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 03:18 PM (ibgwE) 274
Blogger Vox Day also believes that we shouldn’t have nuked Japan. Claims it was unnecessary.
... Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (77rzZ) Those people making the claim, "It was unnecessary! Ree!!!" are either ignorant or $s!t-stirrers. If you read anything about the planning for Operation Olympic, it's chilling. I remember reading a memoir of a Marine who progressed from Rifleman to Captain via battlefield promotions, and he mentioned that he questioned why the Marine Division he was no longer the Operations Plan after about D-Day +2 or 3. The reply was, "Oh, youre Division is going to be combat-ineffective with over 66% casualties by then." The author admitted to loosing no sleep over nuking Japan. We were also actively preparing to move troops from the European Theater of Operations to the Pacific Theater after Germany surrendered. Needless to say, the troops in the ETO weren't thrilled. The Allies were close to exhaustion. The British and Commonwealth were just about done for. By 1945, the U.S. was doing all of the heavy lifting. The civilians were starting to get pretty antsy over the casualty numbers. Nuking Japan was necessary. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (pJWtt) 275
I would add that most (almost all?) of the Japanese atrocities were inflicted on fellow Asians. So Europe and the USA had less reason to care
Yeah I think that largely played into it as well. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (PYyV9) 276
That would mean that they had principles. Media and politicians normally find principles fully dispensable when it interferes with the quest for more money, power, or fame.
Hollow people ready to be filled up with whatever the ticket givers want. Posted by: whig Bread and Circuses. Are you not entertained!! Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (sAmhv) 277
I am going to wax old fashioned here and state that the men of the family are supposed to learn and bear the burden of all this stuff, study and understand it so the women and kids do not have to. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor ============= And I am going to strenuously object to that. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 03:19 PM (x4Mz/) 278
So how were the atomic bombs more demonic than the fuel bombing firestorms unleashed on Dresden and Tokyo that killed tens of thousands? Or getting torn apart by an MG42. Or shitting and shivering yourself to death from dysentery in a Japanese pow camp. Asking for Billy Pilgrim.
Posted by: front toward enemy at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (TIizU) 279
.its a small thing and its important I still have this platform to get my message across!!!
........ So you still traded your integrity for wealth and influence but it wasn't some intentional grift... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm) If you traded your integrity for wealth, it wasn't integrity to begin with. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (gGWDB) 280
The UN should be moved to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (B3wdz) 281
137 I think it's probably healthier for one's mind not to keep up with everything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke Fenelon, Faith helps a lot. Simply put, does this piece of information lead me away or toward the Cross and salvation. Like anyone with a brain, I can get discouraged, angry, or exhausted by the endless parade of life and particularly evils of our time. But reading the entire Bible, including those squeamish books like Job, Lamentations, Proverbs, or Ecclesiastes, you realize there really is nothing new under the sun that the Father and Son have not already seen in the past and overcome. We struggle in this life to be forged in fires of today to attain heaven. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:20 PM (WDjG6) 282
259 Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and is much about the traditional Church that I admire.
That’s why I have given up arguing religion on this blog. Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ) 283
That. Was supposed to be anti-Catholsism.
BTW, as far as pejorative, I prefer: Mackerel Snapper Kneeler And Papist Stooge is an old favorite. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s) 284
Allied leaders had a *responsibility* to preserve the lives of their own soldiers.
Using the bomb to reduce military deaths was therefore the right choice. Coincidentally it also likely reduced total deaths on the Japanese side, but that's immaterial to the question Allied war leaders had to answer. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm) 285
Bread and Circuses. Are you not entertained!!
Posted by: Puddleglum ======= I want a refund. Namely the trillions that us taxpayers spent on this garbage entertainment. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (WDjG6) 286
Armchair generals can't compete with other armchair generals from the past.
Logistics is a word they have never heard of. They don't care if more die. Image more important death. They don't know how to really care about anything. If they were in the world of BladeRunner, they would not be able to pass the humanity test. Besides, they are old, out dated humanoids. Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (EyfuW) 287
265 A Rockford Files Reboot Makes the Least Sense of All
Variety @Variety NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.” Yeah… it makes zero sense. The reason the original worked so well was because it had James Garner, Noah Beery Jr, and Stuart Margolin who were uniquely outstanding for those roles…. Plus all the gimmicks that Rockford used to solve cases are undoable with modern tech (eg mini printing press in car to make fake business cards),,, tricking secretaries into letting him into offices so he could rifle through filing cabinets… a modern Rockford would have to be an uber computer hacker… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (k0PcD) 288
Megyn Kelly starting to look like crack whore skeletor.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (abIsI) 289
>>> My opinion is that in media, there are people willing to take the ticket when the time comes for wealth and fame beyond dreams if only they play ball. And those approaches come from a friend, a trusted source, etc.
Yeah. In an era when clicks and likes are your currency, and staying talked about is what gets you paid, it's sad to see people willing to gain the clicks and lose their souls. Be infamous be sure it pays more than being famous. Other than Ace and Rush (RIP), I didn't trust anyone in the media. Still is a good policy. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (gWBY1) 290
283 That. Was supposed to be anti-Catholsism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s) Try again? Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ) 291
It would be a bummer if Britain and Germany got nuked, but only because they're in NATO and we'd get drug in. But I don't care if they're nuked. Hell, I want to nuke them.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (TdYBy) 292
Those people making the claim, "It was unnecessary! Ree!!!" are either ignorant or $s!t-stirrers.
------------- Honestly, I think its ok to question things. That is what history is for. I fully expect subsequent generations to question the decision as they will not have any first hand knowledge or touch any first hand source. And that is fine. But I also think a lot of it is just to be controversial and gain attention. But I also think that more people should ask the question ... have we used them enough? That's a far more intriguing question to me. Because whether we were justified or not is an easy answer. Posted by: SH (no more socks) at January 15, 2026 03:23 PM (sX1BW) 293
I'm beginning to dislike the cut of this Tucker Carlson person's jib.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 15, 2026 03:23 PM (V362x) 294
291 It would be a bummer if Britain and Germany got nuked, but only because they're in NATO and we'd get drug in. But I don't care if they're nuked. Hell, I want to nuke them.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls Please add France and Spain to the target list. Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 03:23 PM (abIsI) 295
I would add that most (almost all?) of the Japanese atrocities were inflicted on fellow Asians. So Europe and the USA had less reason to care. There is still deep hatred of Japan from the oldest generations of Chinese and Koreans. But they are all dead or dying, replaced by younger gens obsessed with J-Pop.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/) That, and I would speculate that we contemporaneously considered that we were far more in need of an Asian ally seeing how easily they steamrolled our Pacific holdings early on, looking at China, and in comparison, Europe was less of an urgent priority as Germany was utterly defeated in the burn-scatter-salt sense, and we could rely (yeah, I know) on European allies to address Russian expansionism (again this is speculation about contemporaneous thought). Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv) 296
The Rockford Files reboot is going to cast a Minnesota Somali as Angel Martin. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (IifOV) 297
"Ruth the Moabitess was probably the most prominent convert to Judaism in the Bible. Great-grandmother of David." Posted by: Bulg
thx, I should have added that I don't know OT history very well. heh Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (vbXSk) 298
265 Let me know when we get the Quincy MD reboot.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) How about the Six Billion Dollar Man? hmmm.... *scribbles note* temu man this is gonna be epic! Posted by: anachronda at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (v3pYe) 299
If the Japanese did not want to get nuked then Hiroshima should not have been dressed like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s) 300
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Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (SSiCQ) 301
From Tarawa to Pelilu to Saipan to Iwo Jima to Okinawa the Japanese military and civilians showed they would bright to the death. The nukes were necessary for them and us
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 03:25 PM (Oql3v) 302
That’s why I have given up arguing religion on this
blog. Posted by: Bulg ===== Wise. The reason some of these disputes becomes so large is that the stakes are so small but they challenge identity as the one true denomination. My thought is that the Father and Holy Spirit gave us the guidelines in teh Bible, and the Son gives us salvation, so the rest of it is arguing about minutia that does not affect the core teachings of salvation. While taken out of context, Jesus himself was the authority on the law by virtue of who he is, and thus his replies to religious authorities of the time are appropos. I have no opinion on Dispensationalism or the salvation of others outside the Christian faith as that is for the holy Trinity, not me. For me, Jesus is the Way. YMMV. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:25 PM (WDjG6) 303
Other than Ace and Rush (RIP), I didn't trust anyone in the media. Still is a good policy.
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (gWBY1) Wait, we're trusting Ace now? You've heard of shelfiegate, no? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv) 304
The Japanese were willing to die to a person and the Americans were willing to help them, the bomb saved lives I never met a PacWar veteran who said otherwise nor a Japanese of that age.
Horrible decision? Sure it was a horrific thing, but not an evil thing and not the worst thing....LeMay would have burnt the island to a cinder with napalm if need be. Posted by: sven at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (MUJd1) They were training the women and children to kill American with bamboo spears. I read one speculation that the Americans would have probably had to kill over 10 million Japanese civilian close-up and personal. On top of the brutality of the Japanese military, and the behavior of the civilians on Okinawa, a true genocide of the Japanese was a distinct possibility. Nuking Japan was the least-bad choice. The Japanese were not going to surrender until we made them. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (pJWtt) 305
>>> Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet,
If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend. I feel like the first Knives out movie spoofed the creepy house rich party that ends in a murder. The second spoofed the ones of rich people in a glamorous location or island and then there's a murder. And this one spoofs the church clergy whodunits like father brown. Wonder what he'll do in the series next. This third one might be my fave. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (gWBY1) 306
The UN should be moved to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss It'd be a shame if it were lost at sea during the move! Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:26 PM (Q7yzj) 307
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 03:17 PM (PYyV9)
Well, my husband is out working during more hours the day than I am, so I know more about political things than he does, besides not being clued into everything political being good for one's mind, I think it's also helpful spiritually as well Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (8Xy/A) 308
If the Japanese did not want to get nuked then Hiroshima should not have been dressed like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s) I don't know what the rules are these days, but I think that might be anti-Semitic. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dGCAG) 309
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:08 PM (vbXSk)
--- My main point is that the sacrifice and cleansing by the sacrifice stays central in Christian symbology. Now, I grant that there could be Jews out there who's main counter is valid. They can only sacrifice at the Temple in Jerusalem. That temple is no longer there, thus they cannot now do those rituals. And I'm pretty sure they do not know who's a Levite or a descendent of Aaron and who is not. But I would reject other notions such that "I did not command you about sacrifice" means sacrifice is a atavism. Because that would fail to be more continuous with Jewish faith, regardless of whether or not Yahweh himself intended that change. The destruction of the temple is not a clear message as to what was discontinued and why it was. More telling is the 40 years--documented in the Talmud--before the destruction where the Day of Atonement basically *failed*. The signs that Yahweh did not accept the sacrifice were *there*. The huge and heavy doors to the temple would not *stay closed*. The destruction of the Temple was only the final sign that Yahweh had abandoned the Temple. Now what happend 40 years before? Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (Q4cxx) 310
Personally, I think you need to define antisemitism conclusively. I can honestly say I have a general dislike for their majority approach to American politics, and some would argue that their continued support of the left is deeply rooted in Judaism. I've read arguments that their continued support for the Left is a by-product of disdain for non-secular political parties. They immediately discount the Right because of the religious groups that make up bloc voting. The Right courts those blocs (as they should). And the Jewish Americans see that as a negative. Even a threat. Therefore, they put such high importance in their own prejudices towards other religions, that they gravitate towards the political party that discounts religion as a whole.
It's an interesting theory, but the flaw is that in most countries (other than the US), the Jewish populations will vote right of center. Just not in the US. Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske) 311
I never watched any of the Knives Out movies...Ambiguously Gay James Bond makes me not want to watch his movies...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm) 312
Allied leaders had a *responsibility* to preserve the lives of their own soldiers.
Using the bomb to reduce military deaths was therefore the right choice. Coincidentally it also likely reduced total deaths on the Japanese side, but that's immaterial to the question Allied war leaders had to answer. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm) Yeah, it really is a simple calculus to arrive at what is morally right. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv) 313
Try again?
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ) I meant I have never been sure how much anticatholism there actually is, or whether my perception of it is colored by my own bias for it. Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity. By the same token, I am always surprised when they come out of the woodwork seemingly. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s) 314
They should have depopulated and resettled.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (B3wdz) 315
Jews definitely don't run Somalia. So, how's that working out?
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (0e5Te) 316
It's an interesting theory, but the flaw is that in most countries (other than the US), the Jewish populations will vote right of center. Just not in the US.
The data says non-believing Jews tend to be hard left, believing Jews are right of center. But since the former group also don't have kids and don't really evangelize this issue will likely go away in another generation or two... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm) 317
thx, I should have added that I don't know OT history very well. heh
Posted by: illiniwek ======= Well worth rereading it. You see every kind of human folly and sin and yet the Father is forgiving to repentant sinners and faithful to his words always. Lot of unpleasant reminders of human nature at its worst, lot of wisdom, and a lot to ponder about the signalling of the coming Messiah. Someone once took the trouble to measure the complexity and internal references in the Bible for consistency. Truly extraordinary on internal agreement despite being written over thousands of years and by many different authors. Like someone was guiding what the scribes wrote. Hmmmm. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (WDjG6) 318
How about the Six Billion Dollar Man?
The best six-billion dollar man for the job is a woman. Or visa versa. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (Q7yzj) 319
I don't know what the rules are these days, but I think that might be anti-Semitic.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dGCAG) Damn it! I was going for misogynistic. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s) 320
Nothing is happening.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (B3wdz) 321
>>> The Rockford Files reboot is going to cast a Minnesota Somali as Angel Martin.
They are humping the corpse of all the oldies. They gender swapped Matlock to be Cathy Bates. They even are doing one for Murder She Wrote starring Jamie Lee Curtis. But it sounds like she's being respectful of Lansbury's timelessness in the role, even wearing the same coats and togs she wore in the show. Eh we'll see. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (gWBY1) 322
ID did a short series on the theology that led Andrea Yates to drown her five small children. She was mentally ill to begin with and fell under the influence of a low rent street preacher. They didn't explain much about his theology although what they did say seemed fairly mainstream except for the extreme emphasis on eschatology. The problem seemed to be that no matter what you did, you were still going to burn in Hell. Yates believed if her children died before age twelve, they'd escape Hell and go to Heaven since they died before the age of responsibility.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (L/fGl) 323
Jews definitely don't run Somalia. So, how's that working out?
One of the more interesting test cases about the importance of culture is the current nation of Israel. The region was an unimportant backwater under the Ottomans - with both Jews, Christians and Muslims living there. But after a bunch of American and European Jews moved there it became the most developed place in the middle east... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm) 324
21 Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from Job
My guess is that its Ford Motor Company policy not to yell insults at the visiting VIPs, especially if you call them a pedo. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (PYyV9) I despised Joe Biden and his entire family but if they showed up to my workplace for him to smile stupidly and sh*t his pants publicly, i wouldn't be heckling him. One, I respect the office and two, as my father once told me, do not sh*t where you eat. You wouldn't heckle board members if they came to visit your plant no matter how badly they may run your company; don't heckle any VIP's; doesn't hurt them but it makes your company look bad and that will put you on a very bad list. Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 03:31 PM (7gpcF) 325
Would anyone actually object to Putin nuking the UK at this point?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG) If he nuked some of the muzzie strongholds, he'd be doing them a solid. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (8zz6B) 326
By the same token, I am always surprised when they come out of the woodwork seemingly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s) I think I have met one, maybe two, where I am taken aback and think, "Whoa, ease up there buddy, on the conspiracies and Jew hate." Does not mean that there aren't multiples more who aren't so injudicious with their speech with strangers. But I hear more anti-white, anti-man hate casually, honestly, that I have become kind of indifferent to it, like it is background noise. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (dK+Kv) 327
Aetius, I was riffing on your spellings of anticatjolism and anti-Catholsism.
But your reply is good! 313 Try again? Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (SSiCQ) I meant I have never been sure how much anticatholism there actually is, or whether my perception of it is colored by my own bias for it. Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity. By the same token, I am always surprised when they come out of the woodwork seemingly. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s) 259 Lol. I am never sure how much anticatjolism is real or just me being sensitive to it. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s) 283 That. Was supposed to be anti-Catholsism. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (SSiCQ) 328
Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.
I always liked that movie. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s) 329
Yates believed if her children died before age twelve, they'd escape Hell and go to Heaven since they died before the age of responsibility.
One thing I always try to consider in theological questions is that I don't think God wants to trick people or to try and get ahead by rules lawyering Christianity... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm) 330
BREAKING: Violent clashes erupt in Minneapolis as anti-ICE agitators confront federal agents
Posted by: weft cut-loop They think they are going to be given room to riot like with George Floyd. They are going to find out the hard way. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (FzgDV) 331
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh Venezuelans ERUPT in cheers after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says outside the White House, "we count on President Trump for FREEDOM!" She just met with 47 Machado has dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump because she know he makes PEACE everywhere! https://tinyurl.com/mr46ewvm Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (NpAcC) 332
Someone once took the trouble to measure the complexity and internal references in the Bible for consistency. Truly extraordinary on internal agreement despite being written over thousands of years and by many different authors. Like someone was guiding what the scribes wrote. Hmmmm.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (WDjG6) Amen brother…. IMO one of the best evidences that the Bible is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16) is its internal consistency… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (YobFY) 333
179 Speaking of Antisemites: Fox new is reporting that Units of the Luftwaffe have been deployed to Greenland! Posted by: DOGGFISH at January 15, 2026 03:00 PM ------ Actual aircraft, or just some people and filing cabinets? Where would military aircraft land there without US permission and support anyway? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 03:33 PM (VWtfl) 334
nood Paramount's "Landman" Takes on Fragile SJW Pronoun Sissies; Newest, Gayest Star Trek Ever Crashes In Ratings
—Ace Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (SSiCQ) 335
Deliberation requires a particular discipline. I aim for that discipline, though I can never say I always achieve it.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:14 PM (Q4cxx) Always a good goal. But we are human, given to human impulses. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (dK+Kv) 336
Obnoxious Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Gets Suspended from...
I had my hopes up until I read 'Job'. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (Q7yzj) 337
Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and is much about the traditional Church that I admire.
That’s why I have given up arguing religion on this blog. Posted by: Bulg ----- You've just described (theology vs people) every church I've ever attended as an adult. Which is also.why I don't argue religion. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (ibgwE) 338
328 Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.
I always liked that movie. Posted by: Aetius451AD Creepy movie and I think his character in the movie is close to the real Tom Hanks. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (WDjG6) 339
They should do The Money Pit but with Somalis
Or Ghost but with Somalis. Or Catch Me If You Can but with Somalis. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (gGWDB) Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (FzgDV) 341
nood Paramount's "Landman" Takes on Fragile SJW Pronoun Sissies; Newest, Gayest Star Trek Ever Crashes In Ratings
Star Trek was at its best when it was "The American Navy...in Space!" back with TOS. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm) 342
321 >>> The Rockford Files reboot is going to cast a Minnesota Somali as Angel Martin.
Please tell me you are joking or this is rage bait or something. The Rockford Files was a James Garner vehicle. You can't recast him with some Millennial pansy. There were a ton of private detective shows in the 80's trying to ape The Rockford Files; Garner made that show. FFS, just call it something else. The Pronoun Files; or what do I call my D*ck Files. Gah, I hate Hollywood. Posted by: Nelly at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (7gpcF) 343
>>> Nothing is happening.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:30 PM (B3wdz) I heard Trump try to sell his new health care changes. Which I don't see the house passing because they are useless pricks. Just spinning my wheels to hear if the Iranian revolution succeeded, or if we've bought Greenland yet. I've also enjoyed the takes on why millennial AWFL women have made straight men so toxic to them, the only men they can handle are supernatural studs in their porn, or happily watch gay men in a hockey TV show having sex with each other. Theories as to how they have emasculated men in their real lives, choose the bear over men, and yet want virile masculinity in their fiction. It's been entertaining to read. Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (gWBY1) 344
You know who else wanted to immanetize the eschaton?
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (gGWDB) 345
Aetius, although there is much in Catholic theology that I disagree with, I think traditional Catholics are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and is much about the traditional Church that I admire.
--- I grew up Catholic to Confirmation. I fully expect that a good number of Catholics are my brothers in Christ. Catholics do seem to have been *way* ahead of a number of protestant mainstream branches on being really against abortion. Catholic services send a lot of money to the needy. Very scriptural. However, my understanding of scripture has little to do with Catholic doctrine and I suspect it will continue to. Even though I've been a tad skeptical of external doctrines my entire Christian life. Including Sola Scriptura. I've learned a HELL of a lot from Biblical scholars who know MORE than just the text of the Bible, but history and culture of the area which gives it shades. Greek word studies is also key. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (Q4cxx) 346
>>Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.
I live in rural America. I have lived in cities in the NE, SW and NW. I have lived rural in all of those places and traveled extensively throughout the whole of the country for decades. You don't need to be hyper-sensitive. You just need to keep your eyes and ears open and you will find it all over. Coming from Red and Blue alike. It's always made me laugh. The common thread is usually ignorance and little to no experience with Jews at all. You don't need to go looking. I never have...but it will find you. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (ZcsJV) 347
I heard Trump try to sell his new health care changes. Which I don't see the house passing because they are useless pricks.
Posted by: LizLem at January 15, 2026 03:35 PM (gWBY1) --- On-target summation of the week, there. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (Q4cxx) 348
I don't know what the rules are these days, but I think that might be anti-Semitic.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dGCAG) Damn it! I was going for misogynistic. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s) Don't listen to me, I've been accused of being all the things. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (dGCAG) 349
One thing I always try to consider in theological questions is that I don't think God wants to trick people or to try and get ahead by rules lawyering Christianity...
Posted by: 18-1 ======== It is not intentionally comedic but you see how the divine answers such theological questions in the Gospels. It is always something that the religious authorities never thought of and were dumbstruck by. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (WDjG6) 350
>>> It would be a bummer if Britain and Germany got nuked, but only because they're in NATO and we'd get drug in. But I don't care if they're nuked. Hell, I want to nuke them.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 03:21 PM (TdYBy) You don't have to over nuke them. Just nuke them until they get weird and sleep with giant pillows with anime girl prints. I'm sure there's a dial or something on the nuke you can set to "dakimakura" Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (3uBP9) 351
Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.
I always liked that movie. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s) ****** God, I love this street. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (NpAcC) 352
I've never heard of, nor seen a clip of Megyn Kelly being antisemitic.
Posted by: Tracy at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (wf1Ax) Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (3uBP9) 354
346 >>Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.
I live in rural America. I have lived in cities in the NE, SW and NW. I have lived rural in all of those places and traveled extensively throughout the whole of the country for decades. You don't need to be hyper-sensitive. You just need to keep your eyes and ears open and you will find it all over. Coming from Red and Blue alike. It's always made me laugh. The common thread is usually ignorance and little to no experience with Jews at all. You don't need to go looking. I never have...but it will find you. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 03:36 PM (ZcsJV) Thank you, garrett. Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (SSiCQ) 355
Garrett's statement made me think of that. There are obviously asshole antisemite, im not going to make that argument, but how many of them are there really and how much is hypersensitivity.
--- God's word asserts that Israel will be a "cup of trembling" to the end. Antisemitism is inherent in that. Not that antisemitism is "God's will", but simply part of the sin of man that is simply shaped into His plan. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (Q4cxx) 356
If you need something to watch, the new Knives Out film was surprisingly respectful of Catholics!! Rian Johnson must have been a true believer at one point, but still has people in it he loves. Be sure it does a good job of ripping down the hypocrites and heretics, while being respectful of the true believers who actually try to walk the path of Christ. Highly recommend.
- Many decades ago, I read a review of the movie Bull Durham. The critic asked rhetorically, how do make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball. I feel the same way about this movie. Johnson made a meditation on Christianity disguised as a murder mystery. No religious answers are given but issues are raised. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 03:39 PM (L/fGl) 357
328 Hell, they are doing a 'The Burbs' (Tom Hanks) reboot with a black lady.
I always liked that movie. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s) “I want to kill everyone, Satan is good, Satan is our pal” - The ‘Burbs Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 03:40 PM (0GYGE) 358
It is not intentionally comedic but you see how the divine answers such theological questions in the Gospels. It is always something that the religious authorities never thought of and were dumbstruck by.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 03:37 PM (WDjG6) --- Boom. We should learn *humility* by this. But we're us. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 03:41 PM (Q4cxx) 359
The Right courts those blocs (as they should). And the Jewish Americans see that as a negative. Even a threat. Therefore, they put such high importance in their own prejudices towards other religions, that they gravitate towards the political party that discounts religion as a whole.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske) One quick point. I would rephrase "prejudices towards other religions" as "suspicion of other religions". Still a prejudice but I think semantically it's closer. Many American Jews aren't even religious, but given their history still feel vulnerable. Heck some of them even distance themselves from Judaism because they feel it makes them more of a target. And of course the Left cultivates this. Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at January 15, 2026 03:42 PM (qivay) 360
" and a lot to ponder about the signaling of the coming Messiah." Posted by: whig
An old expression. The Old Testament is the New Testament Concealed. The NT is the OT revealed. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 03:44 PM (vbXSk) 361
It was the greatest act of mercy the US could have done to stop Japan from fighting to the end.
When Mitsuo Fuchida, the commander of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor met Paul Tibbets, the pilot of theEnola Gay , after the war, he told Tibbets that he was right to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. Fuchida was stationed in Hiroshima, but the night before the bombing he was called to Tokyo by the high command. Fuchida survived the Midway battle only because he was ill and in a hospital ship during the battle, which saw the loss of most of the rest of the Imperial Navy's experienced air wing. Fuchida later became a Christian Minister and evangelist. Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 15, 2026 03:45 PM (Da7Vv) 362
BTW, as far as pejorative, I prefer:
Mackerel Snapper Kneeler And Papist Stooge is an old favorite. Posted by: Aetius451AD ---- When I was a kid, all of the local gang (not in the criminal sense) - pre-teen boys - went to the local parochial school, excepting me who attended the public elementary. The word "protestant" was not in their vocabulary, so my religious definition was "publikin" Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 04:32 PM (ibgwE) 363
Ace of Spades' latest smear piece is a masterclass in lazy, bad-faith hackery, desperately trying to paint **Tucker Carlson** as some anti-Trump heretic while ignoring the obvious: Tucker has been one of Trump's most consistent and influential defenders, even as the establishment right clutches pearls.
First, the "barely pretend to be Trump supporters" line is pure fiction. Tucker actively endorsed Trump in 2024, spoke at his rallies, helped broker key alliances (like RFK Jr.'s endorsement), and even appeared alongside him at events. As recently as this month (January 2026), Tucker was invited to the White House for a high-profile meeting with Trump and oil executives on Venezuela—hardly the treatment afforded to an "anti-Trump" figure. Their relationship has had bumps (mostly over foreign policy nuance like Iran), but Trump himself has repeatedly defended Tucker, including after the Fuentes interview, saying you "can't tell him who to interview." Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:20 PM (ujaKg) 364
The attempt to lump Tucker in with Fuentes or Owens as antisemites is particularly dishonest. Trump explicitly distanced himself from actual antisemites while refusing to condemn Tucker—because platforming controversial guests for discussion isn't the same as endorsing Holocaust denial or urging votes for Kamala. Ace knows this; he's just recycling the same tired outrage cycle that has zero to do with Trump's actual words.Then there's the nuclear hypocrisy charge: Ace cherry-picks Tucker's longstanding moral opposition to nuclear weapons (calling them "demonic" and questioning Hiroshima/Nagasaki) to pretend Tucker green-lights Russia nuking Europe. That's a grotesque distortion. Tucker recently highlighted a top Putin advisor's warning that Russia might consider nukes against Germany/UK if the Ukraine war drags on—not endorsing it, but reporting it as alarming escalation. It's journalism, not advocacy. Conflating Tucker's Christian critique of atomic warfare with cheering Russian nukes is intellectually bankrupt.Ace's post is the usual: a stew of half-truths, guilt-by-association, and selective amnesia about Tucker's pro-Trump record, all to signal virtue to the neocon/Israel-first
Posted by: MikeN at January 15, 2026 05:21 PM (ujaKg) 365
Tuck Fucker Carlson.
He's a athiest money grubber hiding behind a bowtie. Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 15, 2026 05:49 PM (WQDw6) 366
I listen to the Megyn Kelly podcast. I've never heard her say anything remotely anti-semitic. She is basically 100% aligned with TPUSA, Charlie and Ericka Kirk. She has Jewish guests on frequently like Glen Greenwald and Batya Ungar-Sargon. She is explicitly anti-Islam but not anti-Jewish and does not traffic in conspiracies. So this is a false accusation.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 15, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL) 367
We are deeply concerned about the concerning attempts to smear the indisputed leader of the Make Arabia Great Again movement.
Posted by: Concerned Conservative Pakistani at January 15, 2026 07:25 PM (/pI0K) 368
You are free to rip Tucka, Megyn, et al for partially false reasons. It is your free right, sir.
But here is what I want in return: rip the fuck outta those thousands in Conservative Inc that actually did fucking damage to thousands of Americans and millions of innocents most recently in Ukraine and Russia via 20 year wars where ConInc made trillions. We have been downrange for these assholes. Tucka, et al. hurt nobody exercising their 1A rights. I went downrange. Just leave them alone as they hurt nobody. We are not their trolls and they bring on folks that we are smart enough to decipher. I wholly respect you guys, but it is pretty easy to criticize from afar. Sir, Posted by: Danimal28 at January 15, 2026 08:32 PM (iXm17) New Nick Shirley Video: Somali Pirates Are Defrauding Us for Hundreds of Millions of Dollars by Running Fake Taxpayer-Funded Transporation CompaniesNick Shirley digs deeper: the taxi scam propping up welfare fraud In his latest on-the-ground video, conservative journalist Nick Shirley turns his attention squarely to taxpayer-funded taxi operations in Minneapolis, zeroing in on Somali-run transportation companies paid through Medicaid to ferry low-income and medically vulnerable residents to appointments, government offices, and essential services. This time, Shirley documents visits to multiple listed business addresses that are supposed to be operating taxi services. What he finds instead are empty or questionable locations and angry confrontations--plenty of shouting, but no paperwork, schedules, vehicles, or proof that legitimate transportation services are actually being provided to Minnesotans footing the bill. "These transportation companies are what hold all the aid and welfare fraud together," Shirley says in the video, arguing that the taxi operations act as the connective tissue linking fraudulent daycare centers, adult care programs, and healthcare providers. According to Shirley, the coordination between these entities creates the appearance of legitimate services while enabling mass billing of Medicaid. His colleague David Hoch puts it more bluntly: "We're shining the light on the fraud, and they have no defense." The taxi focus has also prompted new firsthand accounts from locals. In one TikTok video now circulating widely, a former drug addict claims Somali taxi drivers paid him simply to sign ride receipts--documents later used to bill Medicaid--allowing drivers to collect taxpayer money for trips that never happened. As Shirley's taxi-focused investigation spread, Minnesota's political and media establishment began quietly conceding what watchdogs have warned about for years. The Minnesota Star Tribune acknowledged that non-emergency medical transportation--including taxi services--has long been vulnerable to fraud, citing industry insiders who say alarms have been ignored. Scott Isaacson, president of the Minnesota R-80 Transportation Coalition, told the paper that people working in the transportation sector have "been ringing the fraud bell for quite some time," pointing to repeated abuses baked into the system. State data underscores the scale. Minnesota Department of Human Services records show Medicaid transportation billings climbing from roughly $80 million in 2018 to more than $115 million by 2024, before dipping last year to about $88 million. The concerns aren't new. More than 15 years ago, Minnesota's Office of the Legislative Auditor warned that the state exercised "little statewide oversight" over medical transportation, including taxi services, allowing excessive mileage, unnecessary trips, and weak authorization controls.It's almost as if Democrats deliberately make it impossible to verify if these charges are real. ... Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking with conservative activist Christopher Rufo earlier this month, indicated investigators are deliberately building a sweeping fraud, kickback, and racketeering case tied to Minnesota's Democrat political apparatus. "My personal motto, and the Treasury motto, is move deliberately and fix things," Bessent said on the podcast. "You're not going to see headlines tomorrow. You're not going to see them next week, but in a month, or a quarter, once we get people in the bear trap, they're not getting out because we will have conclusive evidence to present." Bessent suggested prosecutors expect plea deals that force lower-level players to flip on those higher up the chain, allowing investigators to map how the system operated and who benefited. "I think that they will have to make plea deals ... to turn in higher-ups to help us map out how this happened," he said. And Minnesota, he added, is only the starting point. "We're going to take this Minnesota strategy map to the other 49 states." Below, Somali "businesses" paid by the taxpayer to supposedly ferry sick people to doctors turn out to have no vehicles and no parking lots. In one case, they found a bunch of vehicles -- which you paid for -- but those vehicles haven't been moved for six months. They find no signs of legitimate taxi services, but they do find a lot of Somali thugs physically menacing them.
Here's the full video:
Eric Daugherty
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Under the Junta the federal budget doubled. All that money was stolen all of it
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm) 2
I thought this was old news, so to speak.
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (CyFyf) 3
Bilking is their fulltime job.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (Q4cxx) 4
Remember when the Feds would just take people's money if they tried to carry a significant amount of money through an airport? The argument was that meant you were up to something illegal and had to prove you weren't and even then probably wouldn't get your money back
Odd they didn't do it here right? Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm) 5
I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ) 6
Walter Curt
Walter Curt walter curt@wcdispatch "That would essentially mean that the Somalis were taking a $1 million dollar duffle bag through the airport — EVERY SINGLE DAY — for two years. Further, we can assume that this is only the money that was flagged. If the Somalis were just wandering through without declaring every cash bag, we could be talking 10x the amount. The question then became: WHY Minneapolis? Well, after some quick discussing with regular travelers of the MN airports. The Somalis run the airport. They’re the ground crews. They’re the airport staff. They’re friggin TSA. We have an airport in the United States of America run by pirates. That’s kind of a problem. " Posted by: BORAT SPEAKS TO YOU at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR) 7
stupid sock
Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR) 8
The only question is what percentage of that money went to Democrat officials in MN...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (sKqQm) 9
This is somewhat old news but more like buried news. and it is just as damning.
Isn't it amazing how the Left will start an insurrection just to hide the fraud that is absolutely nationwide? Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB) 10
Watched that last night... I was glad to see Nick had some big bodyguards
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (VE6XX) Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF) 12
Bash in with Humvees and arrest the Somalis. Deport them and their dirty spawn. Then do the same in Maine and Cali.
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (kJmLc) 13
Did DOGE see any of this?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (W2Pud) 14
I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg We all want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (L/fGl) Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF) 16
People need to be executed - swiftly.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (Ti0Hb) 17
Apparently the path to wealth is crime right now. Either steal it from taxpayers or be a criminal and get donations. It’s crazy.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (OoFl2) 18
This is somewhat old news but more like buried news. and it is just as damning.
Isn't it amazing how the Left will start an insurrection just to hide the fraud that is absolutely nationwide? The point of leftwing governance is to take as much money as possible from the taxpayers. In this light it makes perfect sense they would pull out all the stops in response to a threat to one of their larger grifts Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm) 19
6 * 52 = 312 million/year.
Crowd-sourced Foreign Aid. I don't think that we could say that much if it were proven that this is all their own money. It's part of the prerogative of capital that they should be able to dispose of it how they please. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (Q4cxx) 20
Elon must be right: the deficit was spent on fraud. Three keventy trillion in fraud. Release the CPA's get it all back with interest.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (YlWIZ) 21
Apparently the path to wealth is crime right now. Either steal it from taxpayers or be a criminal and get donations. It’s crazy.
Its the old way to do it. Build a business and the local warlord will take it so why bother? Either become his flunkie and get a share of the people he is looting or replace him and loot him. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm) 22
Better training is needed.
/s Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (kgFPv) 23
Shut the Minneapolis Airport and arrest the somalis there too
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (kJmLc) 24
I suspect that by the time I am finished typing this, the Washington State legislature will initiate a Bill to make investigating emergency vehicle companies a hate crime.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (2WIwB) 25
Next we will f8nd out how Grub Hub is a big fraud too.
Posted by: Operator Error at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (Hq1Vl) 26
Bilking that American citizens refuse to do.
Who's going to bilk the federal government, after all the Somalis are deported?! Oh...wait... still Democrats. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (Q4cxx) 27
>>> I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ) I wonder where she hides all those extra vowels. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (3uBP9) 28
None of this happened without the willing participation of the local and the state government. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that there we feds involved. They need to be made examples and the state needs to be reverted to a territory.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (luW68) 29
16 People need to be executed - swiftly.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (Ti0Hb) If they threaten agents in their vehicles, neutralize them Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (kJmLc) 30
Omar telling someone else their brain is fried is rich.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (2ocoG) 31
And yet Bessent says "up to 10% of government spending is fraud" which to me sounds implausibly low. I'd guess at least 25% and if you told me 50% I'd believe you.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (FMtrg) 32
Next we will f8nd out how Grub Hub is a big fraud too.
Wasn't the fake meat company something like this? It was all laundering fake dollars while making a product no one would buy... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm) 33
I suspect that by the time I am finished typing this, the Washington State legislature will initiate a Bill to make investigating emergency vehicle companies a hate crime.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (2WIwB) --- They can make it legal to bilk the federal government in the state of Washington! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (Q4cxx) 34
This is somewhat old news but more like buried news. and it is just as damning.
Isn't it amazing how the Left will start an insurrection just to hide the fraud that is absolutely nationwide? Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB) "The satrap was discovered stealing from the emperor's purse beyond what could ignored. Faced with impalement, the ashes or the boats, he raised the flag of rebellion knowing his death was a foregone conclusion if he failed" Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR) 35
This sesame scan operates with uber and Lyft. The medial centers bill insurance companies (or more often Medicaid) say 75 for a ride but they get an uber for their patients that costs $20.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (kgFPv) 36
But it's their culture.
They didn't know any better or so I'm told. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (NpAcC) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (XuXeR) 38
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod Who is terrorizing Minneapolis today? Immigrants or ICE? - [waves hand in air] I know! I know! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (L/fGl) 39
I note how quickly and loudly these thieves start yelling about racism and islamaphobia.
Almost like it has worked before .... Also, Trump should fire all the MN TSA agents. White, Somali, all of them. And not hire any replacements. Effectively closing the MN airport. You say you wanna fight the federal government? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (HXT0k) 40
Cut all the funding and tell the judges to go pound sand.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (2UnvF) 41
Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis described a scheme where Somalis go to the doctor and suddenly they don't speak any English. The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.
http://tiny.cc/hlpx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (Yp6az) 42
And yet Bessent says "up to 10% of government spending is fraud" which to me sounds implausibly low. I'd guess at least 25% and if you told me 50% I'd believe you.
Maybe he means 10% of the pre-Junta budgets. Which yes sounds low, but not as crazy as claiming most of the trillions the Junta added to the budget weren't being stolen Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm) 43
"Our hands were kind of tied. We couldn't do a whole lot. We would rack our heads all the time like, where are they getting this?!"
Funny becausevmost people would have the money seized as presumptive fruit of organized crime. Posted by: Operator Error at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (Hq1Vl) 44
10% is given for fraud in any organization. It’s just there and will always be there. What we’re talking about here is more like 60 or 70%.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (kgFPv) 45
Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
https://is.gd/GlcXJL Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (HTCU3) 46
so, we've let Somali pirates fully run an American airport.
that seems like a bad idea. Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF) Look at me. Look at me! I am the Captain now. Posted by: Somali TSA Director at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR) 47
Wasn't the fake meat company something like this? It was all laundering fake dollars while making a product no one would buy...
I don't think they were intending for nobody to buy it, they kind of backed into singing "Springtime for Soy". Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG) 48
Are there no non Somalis in MN who are legal citizens who can work at the airport?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (Nx5jP) 49
I wonder where she hides all those extra vowels."
Wonder if she'd volunteer for a search? Asking for a friend... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR) 50
I'll give Aristotle his due, but I came to that conclusion long ago on my own.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 01:09 PM (dK+Kv) Compared to you Aristotle was a piker Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (gGWDB) 51
Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis described a scheme where Somalis go to the doctor and suddenly they don't speak any English. The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.
$800/day to tell some rando your cousin here has a belly ache? I'd take that job. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm) 52
How does Minnesomalia even have any money left?
Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (gtcuf) 53
Nice work, if you can get it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (bss/y) 54
The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."
You misspelled cousin Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR) 55
David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod Who is terrorizing Minneapolis today? Immigrants or ICE? - [waves hand in air] I know! I know! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (L/fGl) --- False question. Pissing your pants over ICE doesn't make them "terrorizing". And rioters are a third omitted option. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx) 56
How does Minnesomalia even have any money left?
Posted by: Delurker Borrowing on the expectation the next Democrap president and Congress will reimburse them with your money. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (mlg/3) 57
The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."
You misspelled cousin Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR) --- Well, obviously it means they have to pay a local Somali! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx) 58
that seems like a bad idea.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (emBoF) Nothing gets by The Orchid! Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (gGWDB) 59
Are there no non Somalis in MN who are legal citizens who can work at the airport"
Same as every gov office, so "no". Don't even try to apply, if white. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (XuXeR) 60
And under cover of everything else going on, 84 House Republicans and all of the Democrats voted yesterday to boost funding to the National Endowment for Democracy, which is basically a second USAID (another CIA funding cutout).
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG) 61
My guess that the Somali hired to interpret, in turn, loses his ability to speak English, thus requiring the hiring of another Somali.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (Q4cxx) 62
I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg We all want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks I had one, but she broke my vlaading dinger. Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (s01A8) 63
>>I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
That chick is insanely beautiful. Hard to imagine she's the same species as most women. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:23 PM (ZcsJV) 64
Afternoon.
Okay, so to be perfectly honest the whole welfare system is built completely on fraud. The Federal government has no authority to do any of this anyway, they just tell the States, "Hey, do this for us and we'll pay you." And state legislators love this cuz it means they themselves don't have to take hard votes on raising taxes that might mean they lose reelection. I mean that arrangement is corrupt as fuck right there. The best solution is the one no one wants because everyone is stupid and irresponsible and willing to allow themselves to be governed by wolves. This is why daddy Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:23 PM (IQRnY) 65
There is a gas station in my city that is always 30-40 cents more expensive than everywhere else. I have never seen any car at a pump. It’s a ghost town whenever I drive by it which is several times a week.
It is so obviously a front for some kind of money laundering. And yet it’s been around for as long as I can remember. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (kgFPv) Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (Q4cxx) 67
Oh come on. Why waste time figuring out how a vast collection of borderline mentally challenged were able (and continue to) bilk the US taxpayer out of billions of dollars when we should be focusing on the important stuff...like a former president's sexual dalliances.
Posted by: Orson at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (dIske) 68
From pink puthy hats to totally insane pink-haired lesbian militants.
Someone was smart pre-fraud. Import thousands of compliant Somolians. Pluck the heartstrings of everyone: kids, elderly, sick and poor. Create "grants" to fraud the government, especially Medicaid, for "daycare, home health care, non-emergency transport." Plus free housing and (I don't know the amt there, but have read for other Dim states), totally free & untaxed $1200- $1500/month for the illegals. Free healthcare at any ED. Then go for the "normal" welfare used by low income US CITIZENS, who should be outraged: SNAP & WIC benefits to feed children. Granted legal citizens spend SNAP on Doritos and lobster, regardless, dipping into that system. This creates a voting bloc to vote (D) even if you can't read, you can find the "D" on a ballot. Due to being poor and downtrodden, use the past bussing ideas for stuffing ballot boxes. Arrive by busses from nursing homes, or paying a homeless person for a vote. And here we are. Fraud certainly explains where/why our country is in debt. Why we have elderly and senile Congress critters enriching income, as kickbacks (from pork bills). It's worse than I thought. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (WONhk) 69
The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."
I'm picturing Bobby Lee doing his Korean translator who doesn't actually speak Korean bit. "He say, it like....it like a...it like a rumbly. He say it like a rumbly in his tumbly. He say it like a....grrrrr." Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (gtcuf) 70
I want everyone, regardless of party, to either do jail time or executions.
This is unacceptable. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (FzgDV) 71
> Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous.
Her, "FUCK OFF!" cry sounds like an insane bird. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:24 PM (Yp6az) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (gGWDB) 73
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (HTCU3)
She sounds like a bird- like a crow "F off. F off". Why is people think using the f word makes them strong? Since she had a problem why didn't she just explain it it and then go away? I sssume people are allowed to hunt there , Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (Nx5jP) 74
I sincerely can't hardly stand reading about this anymore. It's so infuriating.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI) 75
What amazing here is all Nick Shirley was find a guy who documented all this fraud. Then put it on the internet.
ANY news reporter in Minnesota could have exposed this. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (tV890) 76
Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
https://is.gd/GlcXJL Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions That is hillarious! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl) 77
Not just that airport. Fucking mohammedans and Somalis run damned near every airport in the US. Phoenix was particularly obvious the times I used to go through there on a regular basis for work in the early 2000s. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (y9nCu) 78
Everyone was abuzz yesterday about Judge Jumanji's idiot babbling, but the wide Latina also made an ass of herself.
Andrew Branca says: Sotomayor insists that the Idaho law banning men from women's sports is specifically targeted at trans people. How does she know? THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY EXPLICITLY SAYS SO, Sotomayor claims. Only to be shot down in flames by Idaho's Solicitor General Alan Hurst who informs Sotomayor that IN FACT it is REPORTERS who ADDED in BRACKETS the word [trans] in their REPORTING of the legislative history--the legislative history in fact NEVER DOES SO. http://tiny.cc/8lpx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (Yp6az) 79
ANY news reporter in Minnesota could have exposed this.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (tV890) Could they though Posted by: Big Somali at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (gGWDB) 80
What we’re talking about here is more like 60 or 70%.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (kgFPv See, I believe that. Every time I've had a chance to compare something provided by the government with outside the government, government-provided services and government-funded goods cost four times as much. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (FMtrg) 81
Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis described a scheme where Somalis go to the doctor and suddenly they don't speak any English. The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours.
$800/day to tell some rando your cousin here has a belly ache? I'd take that job. Posted by: 18-1 Back off, blood. Posted by: Zombie Barbara Billingsley at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (G0+xC) 82
25 Next we will f8nd out how Grub Hub is a big fraud too.
Posted by: Operator Error at January 15, 2026 Ha! J just Door Dashed Chipotle protein + fiber bowls to us (he is in MX) because I work tonight. He thought it would help cover lunch and dinner. It at least delivers a product! Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 01:26 PM (Wmg4n) 83
Odd they didn't do it here right?
Posted by: 18-1 ======= I think we settled on Mayorkas ordering TSA to stand down yesterday. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6) 84
Deport that bitch after she does hard time for a couple of decades.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (xvV+O) 85
concerning Aristotle:
The Greek says, “We have the Parthenon.” The Italian says, “We have the Coliseum.” The Greeks says, “We had great mathematicians and philosophers.” The Italian says, “We created a world empire and established Pax Romana.” the Greek lights up and says…. “We invented sex!” The Italian nods slowly and replies, “But we introduced it to women!” Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (uWKK8) 86
Are there no non Somalis in MN who are legal citizens who can work at the airport"
Same as every gov office, so "no". Don't even try to apply, if white. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (XuXeR) ========= In related news: (source: Just The News) "Minnesota's election system has also been under scrutiny for its "Driver's Licenses for All" policy, which lets people have licenses regardless of immigration status. The licenses do not have markings that indicate citizenship, but Minnesota driver's licenses are among the accepted forms of ID for voter registration." Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv) 87
The fraud has been going on for decades. You don't run up a $36 trillion dollar deficit any other way than by fraud. So... $36T has been stolen from the public and pissed away on Somali pirates, foreign wars, leftist vanity projects and so on.
Your money. All of it. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (U2OZr) 88
"My guess that the Somali hired to interpret, in turn, loses his ability to speak English, thus requiring the hiring of another Somali."
And that same Somali can at the same time, run a daycare with 25 ghost kids, while also running a transportation service with ghost customers and cars that never move. Mo' Money Mo' Money. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk) 89
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
Karen throws rocks in the water to scare off the...decoys. "Those are decoys not ducks, ya fuckin' retard." I am dyin'! Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (gtcuf) 90
Boy, Minnesota is an embarrassment! What a democrat created mess.
Posted by: GoBucks at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (2ap+5) 91
Clearly, all of MN is rayciss.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (pLaQB) 92
>>Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
We used to throw duck heads and organs at women who harassed us while Duck Hunting. They never stuck around for long. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (ZcsJV) 93
It is so obviously a front for some kind of money laundering. "
Drive thru any American city of the past 30 years, and you'll see blocks of strangely "open" but non functional "businesses " It's nice of you to $$$ for that .. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (XuXeR) 94
>>> Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
https://is.gd/GlcXJL Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM (HTCU3) M R NUTS Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (3uBP9) 95
More than 15 years ago, Minnesota's Office of the Legislative Auditor warned that the state exercised "little statewide oversight" over medical transportation, including taxi services, allowing excessive mileage, unnecessary trips, and weak authorization controls.
--- Probably the Eureka moment for Minnesota Dems. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (Q4cxx) 96
as long as governments have the power to print money, fraud/waste/graft will be inevitable
if there were only a finite supply to go around, fraud would be far less likely/tolerated (because that money has to be taken from someone else, rather than just printed and handed out) Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (V6W16) 97
What amazing here is all Nick Shirley was find a guy who documented all this fraud. Then put it on the internet.
ANY news reporter in Minnesota could have exposed this. Posted by: El Mariachi Everyone in Minnesota is on the take. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (FzgDV) 98
downgrade MN to a territory
it's bankrupt anyway Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (emBoF) 99
45 Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
https://is.gd/GlcXJL Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:19 PM Good lord, these people need a different hobby. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (xJGPn) 100
Sotomoyer is another DIE jeanuis that should never had even been a traffic court judge.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (xvV+O) 101
I always wondered why so many "refugees" and "asylum seekers" wound up in chilly MN from Somalia, Egypt, etc. Now I know why, fraud is so easy on all levels due to the Gov that it's just a tax-payer loot pinata for them and their Gov enablers. I'm sure they hate the climate, but there's billions to be had. All you have to do is sign on the dotted line where Karen tells you.
Posted by: Croaker at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (+BcZI) 102
What Minniesomalia needs is High Speed Train!
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (pLaQB) 103
Swap Minnesota for Greenland!! Even if all 58,000 Greenlanders are fraudsters we will still be Billions ahead of the game
Posted by: bang-a-gong at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (sfJwR) 104
I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM I would like an Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Sadly, I will not get one. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (kgE5c) 105
A lot of this was able to take place because most Americans are honest. It is what keeps our Republic running.
Somalis come from a culture where fraud and dishonesty are the name of the game. Most of us could not fathom that kind of mindset, because we don't deal with it - EVER. Certainly your Junior League women can't imagine anyone with that as a basic mindset - it is beyond their privileged experience. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (SRRAx) 106
https://is.gd/GlcXJL
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions That is hillarious! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl) We need Richard Attenborough to narrate. Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (A4Y33) 107
38 David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod Who is terrorizing Minneapolis today? Immigrants or ICE? - [waves hand in air] I know! I know! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:18 PM (L/ What’s wrong with showing your passport to a CBP official at a PoE upon arrival in the United States? Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (0GYGE) 108
The segment from the recent Nick Shirley video shows an encounter with a local Somali. It seems the word is out far and wide about how to respond to their committing fraud. Short version: It is all about islamophobia and racism. Of course all of the transportation companies in this segment have zero physical presence at the address they gave the State of Minnesota. This isn't fraud; this is something closer to a conspiracy to loot Minnesota's treasury.
https://youtu.be/zF2a3aTfA9w?t=636 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (HTCU3) 109
Boy, Minnesota is an embarrassment! What a democrat created mess.
Posted by: GoBucks at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (2ap+5) --- Until, December 2025, I thought is was mainly incompetence. Because that seemed bad enough. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (Q4cxx) 110
mohammedans and Somalis run damned near every airport in the USA "
Tribalism. It's... human nature. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (XuXeR) 111
What Minniesomalia needs is High Speed Train!
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM Nonsense, sir, it needs a genuine certified monorail! Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (kgE5c) 112
Fake Taxpayer-Funded Transportation Companies...
You know what would solve this problem? High Speed Rail. Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (UjdFS) Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (emBoF) 114
The county has to hire a translator at $100 per hour for a minimum of 8 hours."
You misspelled cousin Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR) --- Well, obviously it means they have to pay a local Somali! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx) I wonder how much those sign language scammers make. And yeah, I'm convinced most of them are scammers... https://youtu.be/ry0PiCUd7PY? Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (nbLIj) 115
I just want to remind that the indictment of the Dallas Antifa shooters all-but told them, "we know your comms, all your encrypted channels, and we've been listening."
And that it sure looks like the hidden goal of bombing the drug boats was to have an excuse to openly park an aircraft carrier off the coast. But surging ICE to Minneapolis is all that's going on .... Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (HXT0k) 116
Most of us could not fathom that kind of mindset, because we don't deal with it - EVER"
What we call the West is just a fraction of the world... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (XuXeR) 117
>>> I want another Eva Vlaardingerbroek thread.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM I would like an Eva Vlaardingerbroek. Sadly, I will not get one. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (kgE5c) Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (3uBP9) 118
74 I sincerely can't hardly stand reading about this anymore. It's so infuriating.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (qBdHI) Wait until Nick Shirley comes to California. Minnesota will be pikers in comparison. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (xJGPn) 119
***Somali "businesses" paid by the taxpayer to supposedly ferry sick people to doctors turn out to have no vehicles
--- But what about the sick people, how did they get to the doctor? "Sick people, fuck them." . _Some Somalian on the take Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (AvfvA) 120
Anyone letting themselves get angry over the news at this point, please remind yourself there will be plenty of time for that when D's take back over the presidency or whatever. In the meantime, enjoy these days, they are good ones.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (gGWDB) 121
Karen throws rocks in the water to scare off the...decoys.
"Those are decoys not ducks, ya fuckin' retard." I am dyin'! Posted by: Delurker Video it. Call Mr Green Jeans (game warden) Tell him you want to press charges. Hunter harassment is illegal in all of Obama's 57 states. It'll never stop until they start paying a heavy price. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (FzgDV) 122
Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:32 PM (3uBP9) So Billy G isn't so evil after all.... Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (y9nCu) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (Kt19C) 124
How many immigrants will leave if we just stop the fraud and the handouts?
Posted by: 29Victor at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (0MjtC) 125
The Italian nods slowly and replies, “But we introduced it to women!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (uWKK I heard the same joke but it was a Greek and a Jew. Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (A4Y33) 126
Fraud certainly explains where/why our country is in debt. Why we have elderly and senile Congress critters enriching income, as kickbacks (from pork bills).
It's worse than I thought. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat The fraud, waste, and abuse is everywhere. It is just that the Somalians were so careless they didn't care or weren't smart enough to cover for it. Bessent mentioned 350-600 billion in fraud, Musk says about 1.5 Trillion, between 600 billion and 1.5 trillion per year. If we roughly split the difference since 2009 when Obama came in at 1 trillion per year on average, that would mean out of 38 trillion, that 16 trillion was fraud, waste, or abuse spending. With interest, that would be over half of the current federal debt. Pissed away for our ruling elite to become generationally wealthy, politicians to win reelection and get donor funding, to spur the world economy for believed nat sec purposes, and to bankrupt the US. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (WDjG6) 127
Nonsense, sir, it needs a genuine certified monorail!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState ....... Half the price! Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (UjdFS) 128
What Minniesomalia needs is High Speed Train!
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM Nonsense, sir, it needs a genuine certified monorail! Posted by: RedMindBlueState Nah. Heated skybridges for the homeless in DT Minneapolis. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (HTCU3) 129
And that same Somali can at the same time, run a daycare with 25 ghost kids, while also running a transportation service with ghost customers and cars that never move. Mo' Money Mo' Money.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (vbXSk) --- It's already been documented that Somalis running "daycares" claim they send their kids to the "daycares" of other Somalis. An interpreter who is his own interpreter has a fool for a speaker. Or something. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (Q4cxx) 130
During Biden, I noticed the Democrats had stopped offering big new entitlement programs
Instead they spent huge sums on programs for NGOs and others. This lines up with it all being fraud. Posted by: coba at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (IuIym) 131
Wow...the Left is getting beat down by this. No excuses or attempts to justify, it's all just "Shirley is retarded."
He didnt “expose” anything lmao. The entire video is literally him harassing Somalis with unverified claims and crying that they dont want to play his game anymore. Nick Shirley has subhuman IQ and his reporting was totally fraudulent. That would matter to you if you weren't a basic partisan cheerleader for your favorite pedophile. Nick Shirley is the average republican: easily confused, getting scared about things he doesnt understand, getting taken advantage by people richer and smarter than he is and without a doubt being absolutely retarded. Do you think Nick would get the attention if he were to report on the easy to find fraud from folks like Trevor Milton (pardoned by Trump)? Probably not because he's MAGA, and white. If they are in fact guilty they may to consider a donation to Trumps Super PAC and this problem will just go away. The stats saying 90% of Somalis are on welfare come from a group The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled "hate group" for their anti-immigrant stance. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (JCZqz) 132
The DOJ can build any case it wants, I doubt if Walz is convicted of anything in Minnesota.
Posted by: mr tmz at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (rJ48h) 133
This is all because of Obamacare. People wanted socialized healthcare, this is what happens.
Socialism is blatant theft. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (g8Ew8) 134
Don't say it's only Somalis who won't assimilate. Our station employee, Perini Scleroso, has been in country for 45 years and hardly speaks a word of comprehensible English. Yeah, she's tried, at least, and she's kinda useful around the Network.
Posted by: Guy Caballero at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (oftw2) 135
Quick get the fat stupid SCOTUS latina justice a milk shake!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (xvV+O) 136
Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone.
Posted by: banana --- Bill Gates is chairman of the board on one of the 3 biggest builders of Nuclear Reactors. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (AvfvA) 137
55 False question. Pissing your pants over ICE doesn't make them "terrorizing".
And rioters are a third omitted option. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (Q4cxx) ======= The rioters all being white is a sign that it's just local antifa using an excuse to make mayhem to bring about utopia. The localized aspect of the violence indicates their numbers are small. Their quick dispersal before they could get into the weapons box is indication that they fear the feds that came after them. I wouldn't want to go to war with them as my soldiers, to be honest. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (GBKbO) 138
Pissed away for our ruling elite to become generationally wealthy, politicians to win reelection and get donor funding, to spur the world economy for believed nat sec purposes, and to bankrupt the US.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:33 PM (WDjG6) ===== I want an ice cream freezer just like Nancy Pelosi's. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (rj6Yv) 139
"Boy, Minnesota is an embarrassment! What a democrat created mess." Posted by: GoBucks
Mob bosses across the USA praise the Minnesota thieves as incredible successes. The mafias have been taking notes for a decade or so, and are figuring out how become "Documented Victims" so they too can cash in Big Time. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (vbXSk) 140
>>Karen throws rocks in the water to scare off the...decoys.
You could have described her to a Sketch Artist and nailed the ID without ever seeing the video. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (ZcsJV) 141
this is not for the groyper-light here, this is for ace :
Political Polls @PpollingNumbers 3h New -2028 GOP Primary - X poll @PpollingNumbers 🔴 Rubio 45% 🔴 Vance 31% 🔴 DeSantis 15% 🔴 RFK Jr 9% Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK) 142
132 The DOJ can build any case it wants, I doubt if Walz is convicted of anything in Minnesota.
Posted by: mr tmz at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM (rJ48h) ======= Federal Minnesota courts are not Minneapolis courts. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (GBKbO) 143
108 The segment from the recent Nick Shirley video shows an encounter with a local Somali. It seems the word is out far and wide about how to respond to their committing fraud. Short version: It is all about islamophobia and racism. Of course all of the transportation companies in this segment have zero physical presence at the address they gave the State of Minnesota. This isn't fraud; this is something closer to a conspiracy to loot Minnesota's treasury.
https://youtu.be/zF2a3aTfA9w?t=636 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram ======= I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (WDjG6) 144
Pissed away for our ruling elite to become generationally wealthy, politicians to win reelection and get donor funding, to spur the world economy for believed nat sec purposes, and to bankrupt the US.
Posted by: whig I can see why the French Revolution cut so deep. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (FzgDV) 145
143 I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (WDjG6) ======= "Oh, what did I say?! I'm so sorry!" -2007 "Fuck you." -2026 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO) 146
That chick they dragged out of the car the other day should have used the Somali Taxi services to take her to her appointment!
Posted by: DamnedYankee at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (VRFEL) 147
76 Some rando Washington State AWFL caws at some duck hunters. It is quite humorous. This qualifies for a quick hits entry.
https://is.gd/GlcXJL Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions That is hillarious! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (L/fGl) There is a total disconnect with physical reality for a lot of the AWFUL set. She walked up to MEN WITH GUNS, and still somehow felt safe berating them. It was the same with using a car to rundown ICE Officers... they feel safe... Welp folks... time for us Men to take the gloves off. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (mP0Kj) 148
woke reich is not the answer
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK) 149
I want an ice cream freezer just like Nancy Pelosi's.
Posted by: mrp ------- Identify as a Somalian and start a learing center or a home health care transportation service company. At your trial, insist on being called a white Somalian. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (WDjG6) 150
woke reich is not the answer, and 2028 is far away , but...interesting
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (g47mK) 151
Again, this kid deserves the Pulitzer and every other Journalism award.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (aZm/F) 152
"Oh, what did I say?! I'm so sorry!"
-2007 "Fuck you." -2026 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO) === Some of us were FUCK YOU CVNT IN 2007. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:38 PM (xvV+O) 153
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7) 154
BTW, Mark Steyn at his site has a video compendium of his many conversations with Eva over the years.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (77rzZ) 155
You can believe him. He's a pastor.
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.' Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl) 156
The Washington State AWFL was the Common Blue Coated Karen. Her call of "fuck off, fuck off ,fuck off" is being heard frequently these days
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (Oql3v) 157
Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers 3h New -2028 GOP Primary - X poll @PpollingNumbers 🔴 Rubio 45% 🔴 Vance 31% 🔴 DeSantis 15% 🔴 RFK Jr 9% Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK) RFK's number should be zero. I'm fine with the guy in the Trump Administration but he's still a lefty. Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (A4Y33) 158
I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population. Posted by: whig
Concur. It is pretty much performance art anymore - sort of like Lucha libre's jumping off the the top rope onto a prone opponent. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (HTCU3) 159
Face it. The Somalis are the mob of Minneapolis.
They probably have pictures of Mayor Hair on a bad hair day. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (Q4cxx) 160
The stats saying 90% of Somalis are on welfare come from a group The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled "hate group" for their anti-immigrant stance./i]
Break this down for a moment... The pro-unlimited immigration group has noted that the anti-unlimited immigration group is the one to look into whether immigrants are going straight on welfare...and the fact they would do so makes them a hate group. It is a exercise in stupidity - of course groups opposed to something are more likely to look at the activity closely for crime or fraud. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm) 161
142 132 The DOJ can build any case it wants, I doubt if Walz is convicted of anything in Minnesota.
Posted by: mr tmz An almost unbroken string of Illinois Governors have gone to Federal Prison after committing crimes in their home state. You wouldn't think that Sen, Menendez could be convicted in NJ, but that happened. Posted by: It Can Happen at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (oftw2) 162
his is not for the groyper-light here, this is for ace :
Political Polls @PpollingNumbers 3h New -2028 GOP Primary - X poll @PpollingNumbers 🔴 Rubio 45% 🔴 Vance 31% 🔴 DeSantis 15% 🔴 RFK Jr 9% Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 01:36 PM (g47mK) efff the groyper lovers. I was leaning towards Emporer Rubio anyway. Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (gHU/A) 163
Millions being moved per week, in cash, through airport luggage to international destinations.
Asset forfeiture laws for amounts over $10K in USD cash no-where to be seen. WTF? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW) 164
I can see why the French Revolution cut so deep.
Posted by: rickb223 ======== Yep, even though the French aristocracy by historical standards was not that awful compared with other nations. I also think that is in play in Iran. The mullahs looted the country to play the superpower abroad, seek useless nukes, and to become fabulously wealthy. Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro as well. And Mexico, and ....... Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (WDjG6) 165
The 1st Minnesota would kick Tim Walz's lame ass.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (X4XpB) 166
This is a variation of the old scam involving transportation, medical care, and lawyers. In the old scam, it was mostly insurance companies that were defrauded.
The scam was to get a bunch of guys in a van or bus. Crash the van into another van full of guys. Both vans and all the guys are in on it. You know have 12-15 people all claiming injury. They all go to the same medical clinic/doctor. The clinic bilks the fuck out of the insurance company for fake injuries. The transportation company does the same, pretending to ferry the guys back and forth to the clinic. The "injured" guys all get a piece of this action. Then the lawyers sue for personal injuries, and again everyone gets a piece. We're taking millions of dollars just from one "accident." Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/) 167
Most of us could not fathom that kind of mindset, because we don't deal with it - EVER. Certainly your Junior League women can't imagine anyone with that as a basic mindset - it is beyond their privileged experience.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (SRRAx) If you deal with anyone who supports the Democrats, you've dealt with this mindset. Most of us are guilty of papering it over because we want to keep getting along with family, friends, coworkers, and whatnot. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl) 168
At least they are not boarding ships in the Great lakes for ransom
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (i+wP0) 169
And under cover of everything else going on, 84 House Republicans and all of the Democrats voted yesterday to boost funding to the National Endowment for Democracy, which is basically a second USAID (another CIA funding cutout).
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG) Why won't voters turn out for Republican Congressional elections? I just don't get it. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e) 170
I wonder how much those sign language scammers make. And yeah, I'm convinced most of them are scammers... https://youtu.be/ry0PiCUd7PY? Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 15, 2026 01:31 PM (nbLIj) Ever since the Kung Flu Panic, officials seem to be choosing them over closed captioning, despite the improvements in AI. My theory has been a mass importation of people who can't read English, but who knows, it could all be a scam. Posted by: pookysgirl, not getting her cut at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (Wt5PA) 171
Millions being moved per week, in cash, through airport luggage to international destinations.
Asset forfeiture laws for amounts over $10K in USD cash no-where to be seen. WTF? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW) --- As someone pointed out above, apparently the MN airport is run by Somalis for the glory of the Somali Empire. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (ESVrU) 172
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl) ------ That's so stupidly fake, I laughed out loud. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (aZm/F) 173
Remember when little old ladies were sweet grandmotherly types?
That "woman" is what happens when you don't have kids, only cats, and make a criminal organization called the democrat party your god. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (xvV+O) 174
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7) Trump's rhetoric aside (and it's not helping), it's amusing to see the Europeans flex against the one major power least likely to give them problems. Lookin' tough, fellas! Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (A4Y33) 175
The stats saying 90% of Somalis are on welfare come from a group The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled "hate group" for their anti-immigrant stance.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 01:34 PM BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Wait...you're serious? Let me laugh harder. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (kgE5c) 176
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John European performance art. I think Germany and France sent 15 troops each for a 2 day deployment. The point? That they are tuff stuff. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (HTCU3) 177
David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (uWKK8) 178
Bromar Omar is a tick, her constituents are ticks. Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (NtVYv) 179
153 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7) Well... we could go to Greenland, or they were going to send us to the Eastern Front in Ukraine... Posted by: Euro Troops at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (mP0Kj) 180
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7) --- HAH! They are going to have to DEFEND those troops! Trump just got NATO to firm up allied control of Greenland!! Don't tell me that's not a possibility, here. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (Q4cxx) 181
Back when there were reports of immigrants eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, it was indicated that the local officials were just fine with it all because every house and apartment was filled to capacity and the US government was paying the bill.
Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, Attorney General Ellison and many others have gotten campaign contributions from many of the fraudsters. The real unasked question is ... will they give the money back ? Of course they won't because they are DIRTY, DIRTY DIRTY Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (GITLP) 182
The usual progressive airheads have simultaneously begun mouthing the claim that Trump will impose martial law to steal the upcoming election. They are laying the groundwork for their response when the Insurrection Act is set in motion. And the left has been deliberately providing the basis to set it in motion. They have a plan. The corrupt sold-out municipal governments have to be taken over. And the local police have to gain a new understanding of where their next paychecks are coming from. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (yzZYy) 183
166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ) 184
Yo ho yo ho a Somali pirate’s life for me
Posted by: Johnny at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (tn61m) 185
>> European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
LOL They have almost no troops and the ones they do have are completely useless without US Weapons, Training and Funding. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ZcsJV) 186
The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (IifOV) 187
Sotomayor seems ... not well
She's terrible but she at least won't last too much longer Posted by: BlackOrchid Jumanji is brain dead. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (L/fGl) 188
LOL, Karoline went off on some leftie twat reporter.
"you're a left-wing hack pretending to be a reporter." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (HXT0k) 189
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7) --- HAH! They are going to have to DEFEND those troops! Trump just got NATO to firm up allied control of Greenland!! Don't tell me that's not a possibility, here. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (Q4cxx) ---- Wait until the Euroweenies encounter polar bears toting harpoon cannons and walruses armed with fully-automatic assault weapons. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ESVrU) 190
That's so stupidly fake, I laughed out loud.
Posted by: Seems Legit ====== Tells me his church is getting money for refugee resettlement and other grifts. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (WDjG6) 191
You can believe him. He's a pastor.
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.' Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c) 192
171 Millions being moved per week, in cash, through airport luggage to international destinations.
Asset forfeiture laws for amounts over $10K in USD cash no-where to be seen. WTF? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 01:40 PM (O7YUW) --- As someone pointed out above, apparently the MN airport is run by Somalis for the glory of the Somali Empire. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (ESVrU) Asset forfeiture is run out of the Federal Prosecutors Office in that State... DHS has a whole handbook on it. This goes higher than 'just' airport folks. Posted by: Euro Troops at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (mP0Kj) 193
177 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (uWKK ====== I would trend towards believing this. Not because of the specifics. But because it fits the overall Democrat playbook since Obama. Win the narrative cycle. They think they can call Trump a traitor while he...acquires nearly unlimited power in MN to bring order and punish those in the state who made it possible. Win the narrative, maybe, and massively lose the policy fight. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO) 194
While European troops are heading to Greenland, their families are in their home countries being attacked by Muslims.
Good plan EU, you so care about the plebes Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Oql3v) 195
Trump went from Unserious to Klansman to Nazi to Sexist to Rapist to Russian Agent to Rapist to Bank Defrauder to Pedophile Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (gGWDB) 196
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The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live. Posted by: Frank Barone ======= You left out piracy, killing people, and enslaving others. Somalia has a long reputation for all of those. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (WDjG6) 197
Wait until the Euroweenies encounter polar bears toting harpoon cannons and walruses armed with fully-automatic assault weapons.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ESVrU) ----------- SMG-toting penguins riding armored attack walruses. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (X4XpB) 198
Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more conversational, immersive and emotionally responsive, clinicians are beginning to ask a difficult question: can genAI exacerbate or even trigger psychosis in vulnerable people? Large language models and chatbots are widely accessible, and often framed as supportive, empathic or even therapeutic. For most users, these systems are helpful or, at worst, benign. But as of late, a number of media reports have described people experiencing psychotic symptoms in which ChatGPT features prominently.
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (GITLP) 199
158 I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population. Posted by: whig
Concur. It is pretty much performance art anymore - sort of like Lucha libre's jumping off the the top rope onto a prone opponent. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (HTCU3) The AWFL's have already chosen their side, so there's no point in worrying about what they think. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (uWKK8) 200
"Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone."
But if they come from Gates' labs, they will have some homicidal trait, to achieve the Gates goal of vast reduction of global populations. Men will be made infertile at best, or deep sixed at worst. Gates Man Eaters. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (vbXSk) 201
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl) Much of the shit like this, either video or printed, is AI generated. The Ruthless guys covered it quite well. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (g8Ew8) 202
I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c) Someone needs to remind him about that little Commandment... The one about bearing false witness? Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (mP0Kj) 203
Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ) ____ "Ripped from the headlines!" Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/) 204
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM That ICE agent? Albert Einstein. Then everybody clapped. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (gGWDB) 205
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (L/fGl) ------ That's so stupidly fake, I laughed out loud. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 01:42 PM (aZm/F) It's like one of those evergreen "This morning my six-year old asked me "Mommy? How long will ICE keep killing peaceful protestors and innocent brown people? My best friend is brown and I don't want him to die!" type deals. Posted by: Sure, Jan. Sure. at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (TbWk/) 206
>>The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live.
Posted by: Frank Barone ======= >>You left out piracy, killing people, and enslaving others. Somalia has a long reputation for all of those. ... and inbreeding. They are mostly known for starving to death and Sister Fucking. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM (ZcsJV) 207
Why is ANYONE paying any fcking taxes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM (ULPxl) 208
Pastors never cheat with parishioners, either, right?
They never pilfer the funds. That's how you know they never lie. 'Cause Jesus. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:48 PM (Q4cxx) 209
Watching Goldie's YouTube page. She's on break. Armin Navabi had Carolyn Levitt on doing a press briefing.
I couldn't do that. I'd tell the media they're all idiots. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:48 PM (FzgDV) 210
David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.
- Does he have any evidence, like any of them saying that? Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl) 211
A year ago Nick Shirley went to Greenland and asked the locals what they thought about joining the USA. The answers are interesting.
https://youtu.be/ndm5Xsq45jM Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (HTCU3) 212
Since he has a rainbow flag prominently displayed and he' s wearing a collar and this in MN, my guess is he's ELCA and Lutheran services did a lot to support " refugees. I don't believe any of that happened and certainly not the bit about arresting a white man is not as much fun.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (ix8EF) 213
183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ) The scammers were white Christians no doubt. Whose leader was serially sexually abusing children and then they all drank cyanide to avoid arrest. Posted by: The usual suspects according to Dick Wolf at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/) 214
I couldn't do that. I'd tell the media they're all idiots.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:48 PM (FzgDV) ----------- Evergreen: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=8EsUNOIYyKg Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (X4XpB) 215
177 David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.
Posted by: Tom Servo ------- Possibly but that is also probably why Trump is playing rope a dope with it. This is a cold war and Trump is trying to prevent it going hot. That means pulling punches at times and letting the legal process move on to indicting Walz and others. I think in that case, ICE and deportations may be the shiny thing that the left is focusing upon while the DoJ builds its cases for fraud. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (WDjG6) 216
efff the groyper lovers.
I was leaning towards Emporer Rubio anyway. Posted by: Ouch the Grouch ICE WILL DISAPPEAR HIM BECAUSE HE'S BROWN!!!! Posted by: Shrieking Lefty Harridans at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (JCZqz) 217
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John ------------------- Did they issue them their one round? Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (2UnvF) 218
The Grift is generational. Somali's only know grift. It's how they live.
Posted by: Frank Barone ======= You left out piracy, killing people, and enslaving others. Somalia has a long reputation for all of those. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:46 PM (WDjG6) ____ Yup. Been that way for 100s of years. Somalis are loathsome feral scumbags from a loathsome feral scumbag country and loathsome feral scumbag culture who know only loathsome feral scumbaggery. Their culture makes Thunderdome look like Shangri-La. These loathsome feral scumbags would sell their grandmothers into slavery if they could make money on it. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/) 219
While European troops are heading to Greenland, their families are in their home countries being attacked by Muslims.
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Oql3v) --- The EU is okay with that though. They welcome their knew Imam overlords. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Q4cxx) 220
>>> I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c) ====== That's the exact comment I left, even to the $ amount, on the video when I saw it yesterday. Posted by: Turn 2 at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (CyFyf) 221
>>> Don't worry, Bill Gates has invested in factories that will make lab grown soy-based Eva Vlaardingerbroeks for everyone.
Posted by: banana Dream --- Bill Gates is chairman of the board on one of the 3 biggest builders of Nuclear Reactors. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:35 PM (AvfvA) That's for all the giant radioactive Eva Vlaardingerbroek battle robots. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (3uBP9) 222
Don't worry. Everything is going to be ok.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (QGaXH) 223
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
--- The UK is about to pass a law to raise the draft age to 65. But they can totally go toe-to-toe with the US .... Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (HXT0k) 224
>>> 220 >>> I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (kgE5c) ====== That's the exact comment I left, even to the $ amount, on the video when I saw it yesterday. Posted by: Turn 2 at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (CyFyf) Behold, the power of HordeMind! Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (ULPxl) 225
The onion being peeled each day is infuriating to read and these wildings need to be put down. I wish Trump would just pull the plug and do it. This is not going to help to let it go on. People are going to complain and riot over it anyways you might as well do it.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (Q0yOR) 226
This is the funding mechanism for the democrat party. They are probably getting more than half of the stolen money.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (7eTGL) 227
They are mostly known for starving to death and Sister Fucking, but mostly sister fucking.
Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM Fixed to conform to the AoSHQ Meme Guide Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (kgE5c) 228
Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl) --- Was it a landslide when you were elected Armchair President? Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (Q4cxx) 229
We’ve complained about jihadis in America holding security-sensitive positions. We were concerned about the wrong kind of jihad.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (o2ZRX) 230
Yup. Been that way for 100s of years. Somalis are loathsome feral scumbags from a loathsome feral scumbag country and loathsome feral scumbag culture who know only loathsome feral scumbaggery. Their culture makes Thunderdome look like Shangri-La. These loathsome feral scumbags would sell their grandmothers into slavery if they could make money on it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/) So what you're saying is they're highly civilized and intelligent people who enrich their communities financially and culturally. Posted by: Cathy Newman at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (TbWk/) 231
Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding. https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC) 232
I hope Nick Shirley and David get themselves some protection when they do this. The dudes have stones, that's for sure.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (th/4a) 233
Behold, the power of HordeMind!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM Beautiful and terrible. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (kgE5c) 234
228 Was it a landslide when you were elected Armchair President?
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (Q4cxx) ===== That's when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, wasn't it? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (GBKbO) 235
For years, I've wondered how bazillions of federal dollars seem to just vanish into thin air
was it bad accounting or oversight, sloppy reporting, useless projects? No it was being stolen, right under our noses Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt) 236
... and inbreeding.
They are mostly known for starving to death and Sister Fucking. Posted by: garrett ======= Inbreeding is sui generis among Islamic countries to the extent of causing a massive problem of mental retardation among the general population. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (WDjG6) 237
Scott Bissent strikes me as a person with a vindictive streak. Lot of showboats and loudmouths in the administration. I don't think he is one.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (MZ+PY) 238
I wonder what the likelihood that all those vacant warehouses and "daycares" could be housing and transporting weapons and ammo. Piss them off and pull their meal ticket and ... blammo.
There's your "bloody insurrection". Posted by: Derak at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ce3ev) 239
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John ------------------- Did they issue them their one round? Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (2UnvF) Yes. But they have to put that round in their shirt pockets. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (g8Ew8) 240
>>Fixed to conform to the AoSHQ Meme Guide
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (kgE5c) Thanks. I will have CBD forward you 10% of the proceeds from my comment for Editorial Services Rendered. I'm gonna need to send you some Tax forms, though. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (ZcsJV) 241
Why is ANYONE paying any fcking taxes? Posted by: Helena Handbasket ============= The government owes us an apology for what it did with our money. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (x4Mz/) 242
Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl) This is my default setting. Somehow people's better natures will emerge, they will be ashamed of what they've been doing, and they will mend their ways. I hate when pain must be applied. I want people to behave without it. But I realize that human nature is human nature. Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (FMtrg) 243
>>> 215
== This is a cold war and Trump is trying to prevent it going hot. That means pulling punches at times and letting the legal process move on to indicting Walz and others. I think in that case, ICE and deportations may be the shiny thing that the left is focusing upon while the DoJ builds its cases for fraud. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (WDjG6) He has been cutting off money and attriting the timwalz cannon fodder from his first day back in office. There's a bunch of mush-brained LIVs who need to be persuaded that things really are bad enough to do the "mean" things that need to be done (or at least bad enough that they don't think they need to LARP at stopping OrangeManBad). Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (gGWDB) 245
Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (Q0yOR) Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (IifOV) 247
Finally, Candy O returns to reality.
Candace Owens Suggests Charlie Kirk Was Time Traveler That "Agents" Followed "Since He Was Young" To "Change An Outcome" Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (L/fGl) 248
There's also Nick Searcy. Lot of based Nicks.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (gGWDB) 249
I thought I'd heard Shirley had evidence of Walz threatening whistleblowers. Or was that someone else?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (s0JqF) 250
Then the lawyers sue for personal injuries, and again everyone gets a piece. We're taking millions of dollars just from one "accident." Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/) A judge in Orange County just pleaded guilty to fraud of workman's comp and he was working with a doctor. I'm not sure how it worked but this is sadly pervasive. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (xJGPn) 251
Candace Owens needs to investigate the horrible persecution of Bat Boy.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ) 252
The onion being peeled each day is infuriating to read and these wildings need to be put down. I wish Trump would just pull the plug and do it. This is not going to help to let it go on. People are going to complain and riot over it anyways you might as well do it.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:51 PM (Q0yOR) --- You're free to wish that. It doesn't make it the best tactical decision. As I fully think Trump is planning to have another election, the People will ultimately decide who gets to continue in charge of this country. There will be another vote, and the administration is going to have to look guiltless enough to win it. The people may agree with "Yeah, we had the power and the Constitutional prerogative to do it." But, they may not. This solution is necessarily logistic and political at the same time. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (Q4cxx) 253
243 He has been cutting off money and attriting the timwalz cannon fodder from his first day back in office. There's a bunch of mush-brained LIVs who need to be persuaded that things really are bad enough to do the "mean" things that need to be done (or at least bad enough that they don't think they need to LARP at stopping OrangeManBad).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (ULPxl) ==== No one has screamed about the cut off funds for like 2 days, so it's forgotten and not even happening. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (GBKbO) 254
I want to know how I can get in on this fraud so I can afford to have Sydney Sweeney dance for me every night.
Really, it's for the children. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (BSdIE) Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (gtcuf) 256
EU when the US has designs on Greenland: We will fight for it!
EU when China or Russia has designs on Greenland: Come on in boys! Can I get you something to drink? Some fermented shark perhaps? Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM (2UnvF) 257
Candace Owens Suggests Charlie Kirk Was Time Traveler
Ye cannae break the laws o' physics, Candace! Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (gKWVE) 258
>>Candace Owens Suggests Charlie Kirk Was Time Traveler That "Agents" Followed "Since He Was Young" To "Change An Outcome"
“Listen, and understand! That Jewminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!” – Candace Owens Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ZcsJV) 259
>>> 242 Because that sounds like the thing conservatives always do, imagining how doing what clearly needs to be done will somehow make everything worse so let's just coast and hope for the best.
Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl) This is my default setting. Somehow people's better natures will emerge, they will be ashamed of what they've been doing, and they will mend their ways. I hate when pain must be applied. I want people to behave without it. But I realize that human nature is human nature. Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (FMtrg) something something "seared consciences" As many as possible low-level timwalzes need to be pushed or pulled away from the psychos at the top. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ULPxl) 260
239 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox New
Why? Trump was hardly going to invade Greenland. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ix8EF) 261
245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?
Posted by: turambar ======= Money from clicks. Think the sideshow carny. She was never a serious thinker nor worthy of much account other than the rare "black female conservative" card. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (WDjG6) 262
Somalian goes to Somalian “doctor”. The doctor bills Medicaid $250. And the Somalian also needs an interpreter. So the cousin of the “doctor” is hired to interpret at $100/visit.
Oh and of course there is never an actual doctor visit. It’s all on paper only. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (kgFPv) 263
Somalis are loathsome feral scumbags from a loathsome feral scumbag country and loathsome feral scumbag culture who know only loathsome feral scumbaggery.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade AoS turned into a poetry site so slowly I hardly noticed. Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (Fs0KI) 264
There it is. Candace Owens is Andy Kauffman. I knew that fucker didn't die. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (gGWDB) 265
Does Candy O really have millions of viewers, or is it all fake and gay? I'm figuring fake and gay.
Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (gtcuf) 266
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
I hope they packed for the weather. Posted by: Frank Barone The invasion is off! Great Britain sends one soldier to defend Greenland (Norway sent two) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (L/fGl) 267
"European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News."
Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men, not a battalion. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (vbXSk) 268
245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane?
Posted by: turambar She’s just a grifter. What’s troubling is all the people who buy into her insanity. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (kgFPv) 269
As we keep pointing out, the Dems are facing existential, extinction-level events:
- their funding is being cut - their illegal voters are being removed, both physical and the phantom registrations - they've become so dependent upon laundered government funds, they have too few real donors left - they are losing the youth and have no "bench" of stars - while every day looks more and more likely that sitting elected officials are going to be criminally charged for enabling the laundering and vote fraud Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (HXT0k) 270
When The Canuck Reich arrested a pastor for not following COVID regulations I remember the left cheered - just because he is a minister and just because its in a church doesn't make him above the law they said...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm) 271
I thought I'd heard Shirley had evidence of Walz threatening whistleblowers. Or was that someone else? Posted by: Eeyore ============= Yeah, it was Shirley. But I don't think we've seen the smoking gun yet. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (x4Mz/) 272
Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.
Posted by: redridinghood I can fix her! Posted by: No one ever at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (JCZqz) Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (rj6Yv) 274
Valhalla I am coming.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (B3wdz) 275
The Greek says, “We have the Parthenon.”
The Italian says, “We have the Coliseum.” The Greeks says, “We had great mathematicians and philosophers.” The Italian says, “We created a world empire and established Pax Romana.” the Greek lights up and says…. “We invented sex!” The Italian nods slowly and replies, “But we introduced it to women!” Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 01:27 PM (uWKK Cleopatra was not as beautiful as history makes her out to be. But that's how Julius Ceaser.... Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB) 276
David Strom at Hot Air (he's from Minnesota, btw) has a piece up there saying that he is now convinced that the left WANTS to push Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act, because they think the noise and drama from that is the only way to cover up the massive fraud stories about to come tumbling out.
Posted by: Tom Servo ------- Possibly but that is also probably why Trump is playing rope a dope with it. This is a cold war and Trump is trying to prevent it going hot. That means pulling punches at times and letting the legal process move on to indicting Walz and others. I think in that case, ICE and deportations may be the shiny thing that the left is focusing upon while the DoJ builds its cases for fraud. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (WDjG6) ____ Yea. As I said in the earlier thread, I think Trump is playing this wisely. And he's winning. A few smelly antifag types spray-painting a private car and parading around sucking each other's dicks isn't stopping ICE and DHS from kicking ass and taking names. If anything, ICE/DHS has stepped up enforcement and arrests. Trump is getting great results using the existing forces in MN. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/) 277
>>Does Candy O really have millions of viewers, or is it all fake and gay? I'm figuring fake and gay.
I guarantee that the Intel Services are behind most, if not ALL, of the Botting done to Streamers / Online Pundits. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (ZcsJV) Posted by: imp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (g6TN6) 279
246 European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
I hope they packed for the weather. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM (IifOV) Nice of them to make bases and keep them warm for us. Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (9Ovst) 280
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I thought I'd heard Shirley had evidence of Walz threatening whistleblowers. Or was that someone else? Posted by: Eeyore ============= Yeah, it was Shirley. But I don't think we've seen the smoking gun yet. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (x4Mz/) ===== Some MN government employee testified it to Congress last week. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO) 281
213 183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ) The scammers were white Christians no doubt. Whose leader was serially sexually abusing children and then they all drank cyanide to avoid arrest. Posted by: The usual suspects according to Dick Wolf at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/) Everybody who ever had anything to do with that trash should go to prison. Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (o2ZRX) 282
Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men, not a battalion.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (vbXSk) That is a German battalion. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:00 PM (gGWDB) 283
273 Headline (Reuters):
"Dollar rises as US jobless claims unexpectedly fall" Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (rj6Yv) ====== The high GDP is just hiding the fact that America is losing purchasing power because everyone's getting fired in the worst economy since Trump's first term Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO) 284
A judge in Orange County just pleaded guilty to fraud of workman's comp and he was working with a doctor. I'm not sure how it worked but this is sadly pervasive.
Posted by: CaliGirl California has long had literally fraud networks on workman's comp and accidents where the petitioners, the lawyers, doctors, and even judges are involved in putting the cost on taxpayers or insurance companies via collusion. Workman's comp insurance (and accident insurance) for businesses is at nosebleed levels for the poor honest guy trying to run a business there. Big companies self insure to avoid the racket. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (WDjG6) 285
Owens sounds like whatever you call someone who spreads ridiculous bullshit stories to discredit other genuinely weird shit that is real.
Maybe "Brigitte" really is a man?! Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (ULPxl) 286
“I’m here to help you. I’m Candace. Sergeant DreamTech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You’ve been targeted for termination.”
– Candace Owens Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (ZcsJV) 287
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Yea. As I said in the earlier thread, I think Trump is playing this wisely. And he's winning. A few smelly antifag types spray-painting a private car and parading around sucking each other's dicks isn't stopping ICE and DHS from kicking ass and taking names. If anything, ICE/DHS has stepped up enforcement and arrests. Trump is getting great results using the existing forces in MN. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/) ===== I believe DHS tripled its presence in the last week. There are more ICE officers in Minneapolis than local cops. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (GBKbO) 288
Completely anecdotal but I saw the shit with my own eyes:
Mormons are now shopping and traveling in packs with their refugee wage slaves now on the weekends here in Boise. You'll see five or ten Oxy-Mom Mormon broads surrounding two or three obvious foreigners in the stores (with foreign costumes on to make sure you know it) just daring ICE to take away their maids and car-washers. The Mormons have made fortunes selling Idaho to illegals and Chobani in the last ten years. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (6V14C) 289
I hate when pain must be applied. I want people to behave without it. But I realize that human nature is human nature.
Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 01:54 PM (FMtrg) --- I'm the same way. I don't like that Good was shot. I don't think the officer did any good shooting her. That's got nothing to do with what was well within legal power. The caveat on that opinion is that I'm not comfortable saying what he should have done given how quick his own phone vid shows it happened. She backed and turned toward where he was standing. It happened so fast that loonies are now saying that the video was "sped up". Because they know that at the speed it shows, they have less of a case. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (Q4cxx) 290
Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.
https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC) Project MKUltra has entered the chat... Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 02:01 PM (mP0Kj) 291
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Posted by: Glenn John at January 15, 2026 01:39 PM (nvKZ7) ____ In dragon boats? Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/) 292
I see Britain is sending one officer to Greenland. Valhalla, indeed. Nice one, Chuck.
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (Q0yOR) 293
255 Candace Owens needs a nice, padded cell.
Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 01:56 PM I heard that she is convinced that Charlie Kirk was a time traveler, and was possibly killed by time traveling Jews now? Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (IifOV) 294
Hundreds of Millions of Dollars by Running Fake Taxpayer-Funded Transporation Companies
We've discovered the real "virtual economy", haven't we? Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (Q7yzj) 295
F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
Posted by: imp I gotta read slower. I thought you just got hit with the strongest tornado in world history. Posted by: Huked on Foniks Werked Four Mi! at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (oftw2) 296
F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
Posted by: imp at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (g6TN6) *** With a camera pod? Kinda early for Spring Break though. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (2WIwB) 297
282 Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men, not a battalion.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (vbXSk) That is a German battalion. Posted by: ... ====== Back off jack, they are sending their Meal Team Six armed with multifunction Swiss Army knives. And they know how to use that corkscrew mister. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (WDjG6) 298
L&O was good when it started out, especially in the Moriarty years.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ) 299
Candace might be the first person to avoid liability for slander and defamation because the court finds she's bat shit crazy and no one in their right minds would pay attention to her
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Oql3v) 300
People need to be executed - swiftly.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 01:14 PM (Ti0Hb) If they threaten agents in their vehicles, neutralize them Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (kJmLc) - It's getting much worse: https://tinyurl.com/5b8cks5n Believe what they're telling you. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Ti0Hb) 301
If you spend any time on your tube going down rabbit holes it’s not just Candace. There are A LOT of people pushing the Charlie Kirk conspiracies. Everything from the Jews (of course) killed him to the cia, MI5, TPUSA execs, his wife, his parents, his in laws you name it. It’s a circus. And these people all get views.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (kgFPv) 302
[ii]European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Heh. In the dead of winter. Their ancestors thought it was "Green", too. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Q7yzj) 303
>>> 281 213 183 166 Elric, L&O did an ep with a plot like that.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ) The scammers were white Christians no doubt. Whose leader was serially sexually abusing children and then they all drank cyanide to avoid arrest. Posted by: The usual suspects according to Dick Wolf at January 15, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/) Everybody who ever had anything to do with that trash should go to prison. Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 01:59 PM (o2ZRX) I'm so old, I can remember an L&O episode in which a white dude was taking pictures of kids in their skivvies... because he was an employee of a Big Pharma company conducting drug tests on little brown children. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:04 PM (ULPxl) 304
Embattled EU Top Diplomat Kaja Kallas Says That the State of the World Means It May Be a ‘Good Moment to Start Drinking’
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (GITLP) 305
Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.
https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda Posted by: redridinghood She has went around the bend. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (FzgDV) 306
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox New
Why? Trump was hardly going to invade Greenland. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ix8EF) --- Exactly. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (Q4cxx) 307
You know who else was unemployed in Greenland?
Fezzig. A character in a Rob Reiner film. Connect the dots, people. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:05 PM (6V14C) 308
The hot new Jew conspiracy concerns Argentina.
They’ve had some fires lately, almost certainly set by Antifa types. But the Cucker Tarlson wing is convinced Israelis did it so they could buy up the land cheap after the burn. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (kgFPv) 309
Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.
https://tinyurl.com/kbmk8pda Posted by: redridinghood --- Is Charlie the type of guy to kill baby Hitler? He didn't kill baby Hitler though--did he?! He must LIKE Hitler!! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Q4cxx) 310
298 L&O was good when it started out, especially in the Moriarty years.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ) L&O SVU lost something when Stabler left. It was always satisfying see him perform his patented "Stabler-smash" on a runaway perp. Posted by: Thrawn at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (9Ovst) 311
C’mon, we all know it was the contractor for Trump’s ballroom who killed Charlie.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (77rzZ) 312
Greenland?I thought the war was in Ukraine.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (YlWIZ) 313
F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
Trump has finally HAD IT with the Disney live action remakes. Posted by: Oddbob at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (Fs0KI) 314
286 “I’m here to help you. I’m Candace. Sergeant DreamTech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You’ve been targeted
– Candace Owens Posted by: garrett Probably more accurate threat in her deluded mind. Posted by: Fake AoS editor at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (JCZqz) 315
208 Pastors never cheat with parishioners, either, right?
They never pilfer the funds. That's how you know they never lie. 'Cause Jesus. Posted by: Axeman at January Of course they do, because they are humans and flawed. But there are some amazing pastors who walk the walk, and do it with humility. Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (OoFl2) 316
While European troops are heading to Greenland, their families are in their home countries being attacked by Muslims.
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:45 PM (Oql3v) --- The EU is okay with that though. They welcome their knew Imam overlords. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:50 PM (Q4cxx) I think you're on to Trump's plan. 1. Get Euro's to send troops to Greeland B. Scare mullahs outta Iran to newly defenseless Euro countries III. Profit! Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (qz889) Posted by: mindful webworker - a great ringtone at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (FMpsC) 318
“Listen, and understand! That Jewminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!”
– Candace Owens Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ZcsJV) The 600 series had rubber skin and yarmulkes. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, pay full retail, everything. Posted by: JewNet became self-aware on August 19, 1997. Oy vey! at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/) 319
Why do Somalis all look alike?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (8CIFn) 320
The UK government put up a playable video game intended to teach people that whites are bad, Muslims are good, and Starmer knows what is best for everyone.
The game does this by showing you a cute cartoon goth girl who says all the wrong things and must be punished. Unsurprisingly, everyone decided she's the hero and started making fan art of her punching Starmer and deporting Muslims. The government has now disabled the website with the game. Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG) 321
Charlie was just about to come out Ya-know-Hitler-wasn't-such-a-bad-guy before he was taken out!
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (Q4cxx) 322
I heard that she is convinced that Charlie Kirk was a time traveler, and was possibly killed by time traveling Jews now?
Posted by: Frank Barone Weather controlling, time traveling Jews with lazers on their heads! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (L/fGl) 323
The Marxists are pushing that ICE agents are areesting anyone who isn't a white person.
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (i+wP0) 324
Every time I hear someone talking about invading Greenland I hear the line from Rock Lobster "there goes a narwal".
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (Oql3v) 325
>>> 300
== It's getting much worse: https://tinyurl.com/5b8cks5n Believe what they're telling you. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Ti0Hb) 1) I see the Nose Ring Theory still holds (got the danger hair and crazy eyes, too!) 2) She's telling *other* people to do that, right? 3) Still waiting for my License to Slap a Dumb Bitch. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (ULPxl) 326
312 Greenland?I thought the war was in Ukraine.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (YlWIZ) No one wants to go to the Eastern Front. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (mP0Kj) 327
But there are some amazing pastors who walk the walk, and do it with humility.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (OoFl2) This is true. The pastor we had in my parish (Catholic) was one. But then they transferred him and we got an antisemitic dotard instead. Barrel status: scraped (the bishop probably used our barrel) Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (HXT0k) 329
Last I heard, Germany was sending about a dozen men
Without those two Zodiac boats, doesn't that leave Europe open to invasion from the North Sea? Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (Q7yzj) 330
So if time travelers killed Charlie what happened to the Egyptian planes? Or were those planes time traveling too?
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (kgFPv) 331
The game does this by showing you a cute cartoon goth girl who says all the wrong things and must be punished.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG) --- Here's a club. Do you: 1. Beat her down. 2. Call over a crowd to club her to death 3. Sympathize with Nazis Choose which one. *blinking prompt* Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (Q4cxx) 332
The Jews are in control of our food! Why else is the grocery store called HEB? IT'S RIGHT IN OUR FACES!!!
Posted by: Candace Tuck'er Ovens at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (TbWk/) 333
>>The hot new Jew conspiracy concerns Argentina.
>They’ve had some fires lately, almost certainly set by Antifa types. But the Cucker Tarlson wing is convinced Israelis did it so they could buy up the land cheap after the burn. That's not how Jewish Lightning works. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ZcsJV) 334
Actually the Jewminator can be bargained with, just let it pay wholesale
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (Oql3v) 335
Weather controlling, time traveling Jews with lazers on their heads!
This makes Jews sound even cooler than the whole "Jews will send you IDF babes, a crate of AK-47s, and a Lamborghini" thing that was on X yesterday. Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG) 336
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
The Canadian pastor was Arthur Pawlowski (sp?) There were some American pastors at big churches arrested as well for holding services during Covid lockdowns. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (ix8EF) 337
Without those two Zodiac boats, doesn't that leave Europe open to invasion from the North Sea?
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (Q7yzj) ---------- Who's going to invade from the North Sea? The Faroese? Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (X4XpB) Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (Q4cxx) 339
319 Why do Somalis all look alike?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM Because their family tree is 2 branches that keep intertwining. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (IifOV) 340
I can just picture French troops in Greenland.
"Mon Doo, eet ees focking freezing, wee wee! And zhere are no baguettes. No Grooyare! Zee ees tray unceevilized!" Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (gtcuf) 341
323 The Marxists are pushing that ICE agents are areesting anyone who isn't a white person.
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (i+wP0) Given 99.99% of criminal aliens aren’t white it makes sense. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM (kgFPv) 342
>>The 600 series had rubber skin and yarmulkes. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, pay full retail, everything.
Posted by: JewNet became self-aware on August 19, 1997. Oy vey! at January 15, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/) LOL I think we could make and entire AI Movie before the Cafe hits, if we try hard enough. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (ZcsJV) 343
The Matztrix
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (gGWDB) 344
More and more I believe the entire State of Minnesota should go into receivership or something like that.
The entire legislature needs to be suspended and the Governor and his administration arrested. Once the voter rolls have been purged and voter ID enabled then the citizens can cast votes for NEW legislature and Governor. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (Oq/TM) 345
328 The smellies in MN just got pushed back.
They are seriously outnumbered. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (HXT0k) ===== Fewer every day. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO) Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (gtcuf) 347
>>> 344 More and more I believe the entire State of Minnesota should go into receivership or something like that.
The entire legislature needs to be suspended and the Governor and his administration arrested. Once the voter rolls have been purged and voter ID enabled then the citizens can cast votes for NEW legislature and Governor. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (Oq/TM) Not just Minnesota. Posted by: CA, OR, WA, IL, NY, probably many more including so-called reds at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (ULPxl) 348
The original Jewinator was the golem.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ) 349
337 Without those two Zodiac boats, doesn't that leave Europe open to invasion from the North Sea?
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM Always guard against an invasion from Kamchatka Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (IifOV) 350
Trump is gonna invade and rename it Greenblatt to help you-know-who
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (gGWDB) 351
Emmie,
If you realize human nature is fallen, why is your default setting that you feel people will just feel remorse and behave themselves naturally? Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (3AwA+) 352
Why do Somalis all look alike?
Massive inbreeding. All the jokes enlightened liberals make about the Deep South are actually true about Somalia. Posted by: Ian S. at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG) 353
>>> 345 328 The smellies in MN just got pushed back.
They are seriously outnumbered. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 02:09 PM (HXT0k) ===== Fewer every day. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO) Attrit, baby, attrit! Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (ULPxl) 354
Headline (Fox News):
"RFK Jr: Dr Oz says Trump has 'highest testosterone level' he’s seen in a man older than 70" Winning! Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (rj6Yv) 355
An ICE agent bit my sister once.
Posted by: Minnesota Pastor at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (Q4cxx) 356
I wonder if the common Minnesotan knows what’s going on. They’re probably only been told racist right wingers are harassing Somali businesses or something like that. And since they only live ina. Reddit/MSM bubble they believe it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (kgFPv) 357
Greenland has always been at war with Eurasia
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (Oql3v) 358
Is Charlie the type of guy to kill baby Hitler?
He didn't kill baby Hitler though--did he?! He must LIKE Hitler!! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:06 PM (Q4cxx) ****** Only her dreams know. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (NpAcC) 359
Urinepeon Union to send both troops and the tank to Greenland. If the tank starts. And if they can bum a ride.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (6V14C) 360
Minnesota should be gifted to Canada along with the entire NE.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (XjqVH) 361
Not just Minnesota.
Posted by: CA, OR, WA, IL, NY, probably many more including so-called reds at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (ULPxl) --- We can start with that though. Posted by: Minnesota Pastor at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Q4cxx) 362
The only thing the dems directly involved were antsy to do via enabling this was to line their own pockets. It's mid and low level ones that actually do the work here.
The higher level dems enabling the enablers by looking the other way are the ones aiming to inflate budgets and buy votes. Posted by: heya at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (w4+QZ) 363
F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
You do have some P8 activity to the west of Tampa, along with a K-35R ciricling over Tampa. I'm guessing it's Godzilla. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Q7yzj) 364
If you realize human nature is fallen, why is your default setting that you feel people will just feel remorse and behave themselves naturally?
Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 15, 2026 02:12 PM (3AwA+) Not to speak for Emmie but she said she wants it not that she "feels" they will. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (gGWDB) 365
"RFK Jr: Dr Oz says Trump has 'highest testosterone level' he’s seen in a man older than 70"
Posted by: mrp That's bait. The Lefties will melt-down about it...as they do with everything. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (JCZqz) 366
Charlie Kirk was a time traveler and Biff Tannen killed him to get a sports almanac. This was all revealed on a documentary I saw recently on AMC.
Posted by: Candace Owens at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (0e5Te) 367
340 I can just picture French troops in Greenland.
"Mon Doo, eet ees focking freezing, wee wee! And zhere are no baguettes. No Grooyare! Zee ees tray unceevilized!" Posted by: Delurker at January 15, 2026 02:10 PM Always buy Used French rifles. They've never been fired, and only dropped once. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (IifOV) 368
It's getting much worse:
https://tinyurl.com/5b8cks5n Believe what they're telling you. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 02:03 PM (Ti0Hb) 1) I see the Nose Ring Theory still holds (got the danger hair and crazy eyes, too!) 2) She's telling *other* people to do that, right? 3) Still waiting for my License to Slap a Dumb Bitch. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 02:08 PM (ULPxl) Up-talking? Check. Vocal fry? Check. Vibrantly colored hair? Check. Face metal? Check. Crazy eyes? Check. Ex-husband dude, you dodged the landmine. Congratulations. But unfortunately you must retake hot-crazy matrix training. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv) 369
>>> 363 F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
You do have some P8 activity to the west of Tampa, along with a K-35R ciricling over Tampa. I'm guessing it's Godzilla. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:15 PM (Q7yzj) Tampa?! How the fck did I get to Tampa!!! I *KNEW* I took a wrong turn at the Marianas Trench... Posted by: Godzilla at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB) 371
I wonder if the common Minnesotan knows what’s going on. They’re probably only been told racist right wingers are harassing Somali businesses or something like that. And since they only live ina. Reddit/MSM bubble they believe it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 02:14 PM (kgFPv) --- Away from the twin-cities it's different. A lady called in to Chris Plante the other day saying that she was in a store when ICE arrested an illegal. Everybody cheered and celebrated ICE. Posted by: Minnesota Pastor at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (Q4cxx) 372
363 Wouldn't be that crazy given how the timeline is going right now
Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (Q0yOR) 373
354 Headline (Fox News):
"RFK Jr: Dr Oz says Trump has 'highest testosterone level' he’s seen in a man older than 70" Winning! Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:13 PM (rj6Yv) McDonalds stock goes through the roof Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (VE6XX) 374
F15 just motored over the house (south of Tampa) due east. Anything happening?
--- Well, Fang-fang-bang said that jet fighters are a cure for insurrection. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (Q4cxx) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (L/fGl) 376
but those vehicles haven't been moved for six months.
Thus ruining the batteries and seals to get them ready for Cash for Clunkers 2.0. Posted by: DaveA at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (FhXTo) 377
I'm thinking Minnesota needs to be carpet bombed and turned into a parking lot for Canadian EVs.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (BSdIE) 378
Kirk was trying to fix the hot crazy matrix by sending Candace out as his representative.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (gGWDB) 379
Time for an ammo inventory and relooking the medical bag and rations.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 02:17 PM (2WIwB) Good reminder. I've let my rations store go lacking with the last 11 months of Trumpmas. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:19 PM (dK+Kv) 380
The EU "army" is about to find that raping a sea lion is a lot different than their usual victims.
Sea lions and Polar bears (which aren't even FROM Poland) care nothing for your cigarettes and chocolate, Pierre. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:19 PM (6V14C) 381
The crazy lady in the vid has bright purple hair. As many have said vibrant colors in nature signal danger (poison frogs, snakes etc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:20 PM (Oql3v) 382
Godzilla’s headed to Mar-A-Lago. Even he has to kiss Trump’s ring.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ) 383
That damn Trump!
https://is.gd/1Tc7RV Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (L/fGl) Fuck that guy in particular. Lock him up. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv) 384
Tampa?! How the fck did I get to Tampa!!! I *KNEW* I took a wrong turn at the Marianas Trench... Posted by: Godzilla But the weather! Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (pkeXY) 385
European troops headed to Greenland per Fox News.
Heh. In the dead of winter. Their ancestors thought it was "Green", too. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 02:04 PM (Q7yzj) 13 Germans from the report. They will either hole up in the Best Western in Nuuk, or bunk at one of the American bases. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR) 386
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except
So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF) 387
No mystery why Trump has the highest T.
If Melania's shadow was ever cast on the same wall as mine I would be a tripod for six months. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (6V14C) 388
They’ve had some fires lately, almost certainly set by Antifa types. But the Cucker Tarlson wing is convinced Israelis did it so they could buy up the land cheap after the burn.
Posted by: Really?? Jewish lightning is both real and spectacular. Posted by: Rabinowitz Brothers At Law at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (oftw2) 389
386 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except
So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF) He knows his days are numbered Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (VE6XX) 390
Winners of the Week? A lot of ex-husbands across the Twin Cities who are watching these videos and saying, "See?!?!? I TOLD you guys what a crazy bitch she was and you said I was exaggerating!"
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 02:22 PM (0e5Te) 391
Godzilla’s headed to Mar-A-Lago. Even he has to kiss Trump’s ring.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ) --- Trump told him he didn't want to see anymore picking up and throwing down busses. He said he's got to go. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:23 PM (Q4cxx) 392
375 That damn Trump!
https://is.gd/1Tc7RV Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:18 PM (L/fGl) Walz is not making an appeal to Trump. You can't cause a person to view your position favorably by lying to their face about their motives. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 15, 2026 02:24 PM (FMtrg) 393
312 Greenland?I thought the war was in Ukraine.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey ====== Everyone know from watching Hogan's Heroes that being sent to the Eastern Front is a threat to German soldiers to keep them behaving. Far better to be sent to the West. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:24 PM (WDjG6) 394
Headline (Fox 13 Seattle):
"WA Gov. Ferguson calls for millionaires’ tax in State of the State address" 9.9% state income tax for income over $1,000,000. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (rj6Yv) 395
Actually, Trump’s gonna send Godzy to Minneapolis.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ) 396
So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF) --- Maybe because he wants to stay on the rhetoric front, where he can conceivably win. Or maybe it's the value of Trump warning him that he's close to citing the Insurrection act. Imagine all the Trump could find out if he actually seized Minnesota. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (Q4cxx) 397
245 Candace Owens has completely lost her mind. What happened to her? Or was she always this insane? Posted by: turambar at January 15, 2026 01:55 PM ------- She has to keep generating new material to get people to look at her, and to continue getting funded by her patrons. And she's not very smart. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (azNOR) Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (3uBP9) 399
She has to keep generating new material to get people to look at her, and to continue getting funded by her patrons. And she's not very smart.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 15, 2026 02:25 PM (azNOR) She's got a couple kids.. Someone should call Child Protective Services.. Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (VE6XX) 400
Tampon Timmy will be popular on the cell block. Share and share alike
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (Oql3v) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (L/fGl) 402
NOOD
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (0KSrI) Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (6V14C) 404
I have such disdain for these weirdo women like the woman with the purple hair and face jewelry and weird eyes urging people to go out and make ICE widows. First of all, is she even from MN and why isn't she putting herself on the line to do that? Psycho.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (ZeH0U) 405
She has to keep generating new material to get people to look at her, and to continue getting funded by her patrons. And she's not very smart.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug ===== Natural progression of a media channel, it starts out reasonable like the History Channel and then morphs into Ancient Aliens and Pawnshop reality tv shows before you know it. Candace is a media whore, nothing more, nothing less and willing to do tricks like O/F to keep the grift flowing and the anti Jew overseas audience from Muzzies to grift is frigging huge. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (WDjG6) 406
U nas yest’ NOOD.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ) 407
So why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM Sadaam Hussein did the same thing before he went underground. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 02:28 PM (IifOV) 408
o why is Walz calling for toning down the rhetoric now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 02:21 PM (ix8EF Plausible deniability Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 02:30 PM (gGWDB) 409
LOL They have almost no troops and the ones they do have are completely useless without US Weapons, Training and Funding. Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ZcsJV) Not to mention transport. Virtually all EU owned air transport is about 100 or so A400s (C-130 style modern tactical transport). The US has even more C-17s, about 225, plus C-130s... The old US Army infantry division (Light) standard from the late Cold War era was putting a full division of troops and supplies for 30 days operation (virtually no vehicles though) on the ground in about 500 sorties. Wildly optimistic as it turns out. We used to darkly joke that our job was to be flown in to quickly die in a loud, military manner so that the heavy US forces could build up and avenge our deaths 6 months later. The EU is gonna have to borrow some airlift to put anything more than a tripwire into Greenland (I keep pointing this out, but it's a big factor) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 02:32 PM (y9nCu) 410
We could have had Pan Am shuttles to the moon base and Hilton hotels in orbit, but the money was pissed away on leftist nonsense.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 15, 2026 02:33 PM (J15tX) 411
I thought Trans was good? Oh wait, transportation. Got it.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 02:41 PM (tV890) Posted by: Pierre Poppycock at January 15, 2026 02:58 PM (Vu7A1) 413
Where the hell is $6M cash coming from per week?
Is it just dozens/hundreds? of Somali scammers pooling their individual scams into the weekly airport transfers. You can only imagine how much cash was getting skimmed off the top by the individualual scammers before it gets pooled. This is one hell of an organization when comprised of a population with an average iQ of 68. Someone has to have the books on this side of the transfer. ALL of this money being funnelled out by probably a handful of men for years but somehow nobody in the security chain thinks it would be a good idea to get the IRS involved to ask the couriers who they got the money from and then pursuing that. This fraud is just getting wider and deeper. Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (2Nfh9) 414
So if I go to the airport with $10,000 in cash, it gets confiscated and I could face penalties but a Somali can take $6million and nothing can be done?
Posted by: EGGO at January 15, 2026 03:07 PM (7V7Hl) 415
Mea culpa, this is the first I've joined in today.
Regarding the topic, I wonder if this is relevant? I think it is & it could be particularly damning. Kare11 dot com, 'New rideshare rates take effect across Minnesota.' A law passed in May now requires that transportation network company drivers earn a minimum of $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute. Published 12/2/24. In part, "MINNEAPOLIS — Rideshare fares will cost you a bit more after a new law setting minimum pay levels for transportation network drivers kicked in on Dec. 1. The law, passed in May during the 2024 legislative session, pushes minimum pay for drivers who work for Uber, Lyft and similar transportation networks to $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute. There is a minimum ride charge of $5. Along with the new minimum rates, the law is designed to provide greater transparency into what customers are charged, increase insurance coverage, and build new partnerships with community organizations to assist and support drivers." 🤔 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 15, 2026 03:16 PM (NFX2v) 416
Are they paying taxes on any of the loot?
Posted by: Hal Dall at January 15, 2026 03:43 PM (6kJTx) 417
We have not yet begun to Gay!
Posted by: Star Trek Producers at January 15, 2026 04:08 PM (Q4cxx) 418
At one time Pirates were Hung(Capt Kidd)but now we send them to Prison and these one should all get Life in Prison along with the Minneapolis City Council and Walz-Face
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 15, 2026 05:02 PM (wGqjj) 419
143: "I don't think that racism card is particularly useful anymore for politics, nor the Islamophobia crap. AWFLs might buy it but they are not a majority of the US population." --whig
I think most conservatives would agree with you, but I disagree: Recent polls say population is 27% each for R and D, with 44% "independent." Now, 20 to 30% of *Republicans* oppose Trump, while 98% of Dems will vote for any shithead who runs as a D, including Walz, Newsom, Cackles etc. ..This leaves the mass of independents. And I think they still believe the U.S. is raaacist and needs t' take in mo' of doze "po' refugees," who nevah commit no crimes. So my guess is that independents will split 60/40 for the media-reported "compassionate" Democrat and against the mean ol' Orange Hitler. ....I'm *really* worried about the mid-terms. Looks to me as if the Dems are starting to build momentum. Posted by: sf at January 15, 2026 05:12 PM (hohh4) 420
✓
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 05:55 PM (XeU6L) 421
The confidence of bitches like Omar is infuriating. And I live in this great state minus the Twin Shitties.
Cee U Next Tuesday I would like to see a lot more on shitheads like this than Tucka. Posted by: Danimal28 at January 15, 2026 08:42 PM (iXm17) After Night of Riots and Attacks on Federal Agents, Trump Threatens to Declare Minnesota to be in a State of InsurrectionJack Posobiec
Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:11 PM (GBKbO) 2
Has to be done now.
Posted by: steevy at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (YwEeS) 3
4th?
Posted by: CTHillary at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (Vpqw1) 4
Finally ...
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (vbXSk) 5
Trump better get off his ass from inspecting construction on his ballroom and issue the order.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (BCuCF) 6
Huh.
Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (LMRVO) 7
Hola
Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (LdBR/) 8
Can we hold the perps in Andersonville?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t) 9
If he is -- pack it in, his presidency is effectively over and he's an early lame duck, backed down by trantifa.
----------------- I don't wee that happening. Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (2UnvF) 10
It is a color revolution
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (JQc6D) 11
oh, Trump is only threatening ... not invoking. tick tock
Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (vbXSk) 12
Enough with the damn threats. Do it.
Posted by: Bunter Hiden at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (vqA1l) Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (98kQX) 14
If you think Trump will back down from this, I’ve got some Venezuelan swampland to sell you.
Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 12:14 PM (LMRVO) 15
I pray president Trump does this and does it now. We already have had our congress critters fail us in even bigger fashion than normal, and now we have this. When the dems take over- and they will at this rate- this is what we have to look forward too but 100 times worse.
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 12:14 PM (Wmg4n) 16
What do South Carolina and Minnesota have in common?
They both started a rebellion in order to keep their black people. Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (2UnvF) 17
In retrospect, weeks end up feeling like seconds.
The time between Walz's first speech and Trump's invocation could be weeks but end up feeling like lightning action in retrospect. We'll see. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO) Posted by: Use Deadly Force at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (aP8y5) 19
Just do it Donald... I'm betting he's looking at the bogus "poll" CNN put out with the majority of "voters" think ICE is in the wrong.. Those numbers were so bad it would mean the majority of republicans are against ICE... Not buying it..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (VE6XX) 20
So if the cops aren't responding this tells me TPTB want Trump to use the insurrection act.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 15, 2026 12:16 PM (e2+im) 21
16 What do South Carolina and Minnesota have in common?
They both started a rebellion in order to keep their black people. Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (2UnvF) ====== SC had John C. Calhoun, an actual really smart guy providing the (ultimately deeply unsound) intellectual and political backing for the idea that SC controlled the direction of the country on its own. MN has...Tim Walz. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:16 PM (GBKbO) 22
Saw reports of this earlier this morning. We shall see what happens.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:16 PM (WDjG6) 23
Preposition undercover Federal police in an area slated for an ICE sweep, wait for the vermin to arrive, arrest them all, and hold for as long as possible. It won't take long for word to get out.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t) 24
19 Just do it Donald... I'm betting he's looking at the bogus "poll" CNN put out with the majority of "voters" think ICE is in the wrong.. Those numbers were so bad it would mean the majority of republicans are against ICE... Not buying it..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (VE6XX) ====== A Kamala +10 poll. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (GBKbO) 25
If Trump doesn't do it in Minneapolis, he's going to be faced with similar acts of defiance in other sanctuary cities. I'm not sure why the declaration of sanctuary status isn't taken as prima facie evidence of insurrection or something similarly unlawful.
I like the contrast Ace draws between this genuine violence and chaos in Minneapolis, and the J6 protests, and the wildly different reactions by donks and their media Mamluks. Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (2L+MU) 26
whoever makes that gun safe, they've got a great advertisement here as it baffles the efforts of the crazed monkeys
Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (enw9G) 27
NEW: Leftists appear to dox ICE and FBI agents after looting a government vehicle, proudly documented on a Meidas Touch livestream
Odd when this supposedly happened to desk agent Valerie Plame it was the biggest new item of the year Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm) 28
Arrest Walz, Ellison, Omar and that bitch, Fey Frey
Seems like NJ is signing on to be a sanctuary state and believes this vote will make illegals legal Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (kJmLc) 29
>>>I hope Trump isn't bluffing. If he is -- pack it in, his presidency is effectively over and he's an early lame duck, backed down by trantifa.ff
You have said this a lot, ace. Is there someone you like better? Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR) 30
So if the cops aren't responding this tells me TPTB want Trump to use the insurrection act. t.
Oh, the locals absolutely want it, because they think the people will rise up in righteous anger. I rather doubt it, so let's see who's right. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t) 31
Carnage financed by the Open Society foundation (George Soros) the Tides Foundation (John Kerry) and Arabella (various Democrat billionaires)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (HGZZn) 32
They won’t treat these people like the J6 people because ICE aren’t “real police” and the judiciary treats Trump as an illegitimate usurper
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (kYrGC) 33
Lay siege to Minneapolis.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (9H0+N) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (pkeXY) 35
19 Just do it Donald... I'm betting he's looking at the bogus "poll" CNN put out with the majority of "voters" think ICE is in the wrong.. Those numbers were so bad it would mean the majority of republicans are against ICE... Not buying it..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:15 PM (VE6XX) --- Polls are driven by LIVs. Most LIVs still think ICE shot a panicked housewife. Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (0bjKf) 36
These anti-ICE riots seem to have distracted the public from the Somali fraud; as of by design
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:19 PM (HGZZn) 37
Invoke the insurrection act and send the Second Marine Division. Or the First. Doesn't matter.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 12:19 PM (2UnvF) 38
I like the contrast Ace draws between this genuine violence and chaos in Minneapolis, and the J6 protests, and the wildly different reactions by donks and their media Mamluks.
Media mamluks would be an excellent name for a performative art band. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t) 39
Iran killed as many civilians in 2 weeks as Israel did in 13 months
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 12:19 PM (GITLP) 40
Decapitation strike (recently demonstrated) would be very effective. Tampon Tim and Fey Frye rousted and transported to Gitmo for military trial.
Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 12:20 PM (LMRVO) 41
Tired of empty threats. At the same time, I don't want to see action until Trump has addressed the nation and defined the problem with receipts and historical perspective equal to the crisis. Bully pulpit time, not press gaggle onboard Air Force One time.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:20 PM (b4LBp) 42
So they rioted over an ICE agent shooting an illegal who was beating him with a snow shovel ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:20 PM (VE6XX) 43
Carnage financed by the Open Society foundation (George Soros) the Tides Foundation (John Kerry) and Arabella (various Democrat billionaires)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (HGZZn) all of which work directly for or in concert with the federal government. "seeding the zeitgeist for our preferred future" Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:20 PM (rbvCR) 44
30 So if the cops aren't responding this tells me TPTB want Trump to use the insurrection act. t.
Oh, the locals absolutely want it, because they think the people will rise up in righteous anger. I rather doubt it, so let's see who's right. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t) ====== If the US had had a standing army in 1860, there would have been no need to call up 70,000 troops from other Southern States upon SC's declaration of secession, and the Civil War might have never actually formed. Today, the US does have a standing army, and it can move with speed and in large numbers. The Insurrection Act would probably get applied with a couple of battalions descending on Minneapolis in a matter of days, a show of immediate and overwhelming force that will terrify IL, NY, MA, and CA. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO) 45
If Trump could invoke the IA he better be ready to thrown Timpon in jail and give him a long sentence.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm) 46
Just freeze their bank accounts
Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (GITLP) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (tgvbd) 48
Stealing the guns of Federal law enforcement is the very definition of insurrection.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (u6/wt) 49
So they rioted over an ICE agent shooting an illegal who was beating him with a snow shovel ?/i]
News Coverage: Man shovels ICE with shovel gets attacked by Trump's Gestapo Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm) 50
Tired of empty threats. At the same time, I don't want to see action until Trump has addressed the nation and defined the problem with receipts and historical perspective equal to the crisis. Bully pulpit time, not press gaggle onboard Air Force One time.
Good idea. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t) 51
It's the battle of the billionaires. Trump vs. Soros in a fight to reclaim Minneapolis.
Put it on PPV Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (U2OZr) 52
45 If Trump could invoke the IA he better be ready to thrown Timpon in jail and give him a long sentence.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm) ====== False. Military tribunal and hanging after the quick and inevitable sentence of treason is handed down. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (GBKbO) 53
Lay siege to Minneapolis.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 15, 2026 12:18 PM (9H0+N) Tear up their railways. Subject them to 100 years of having to get absolutely every decision by the state government approved by the feds. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e) 54
Send in the Marines and have them treat Minneapolis like Fallujah.
Posted by: Diabeetus at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (ASvvW) 55
Trantifa defeated by an overwhelming sense of melancholy and the power of the Second MarDiv, but mostly the power of the Second MarDiv.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (2UnvF) 56
Too bad there weren't a bunch of tampons in the safe.
Posted by: Rex B at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (6TWkg) 57
I hope Trump isn't bluffing.
Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM He has been bluffing a lot lately. I hope it is an anomaly, and not a trend. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (n9ltV) 58
looks like they never got into the weapons box, as the cops arrived and it was still sitting in the street. Should be able to ID a few of these criminals that were directly involved.
But rioting, destruction, and looting is just a right of reparations for all black people. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (vbXSk) 59
I am pretty depressed today about the general state of things. Just when I thought things getting better. That we were winning the big battles...
Trump backs down on Iran. Maybe there is a plan but the optics are terrible. You promise to help and then...nothing. Minneapolis is out of control. Rioters allowed to make the Feds look weak. As long as they get away with this, it will continue up and spread. VA and NJ passing legislation that goes against the MAGA agenda. More coming from MA, CA,CO. Republicans in Convress can't get anything passed even though they have the majorities. Dems winning out on every issue by votes or stalling. Beginning to doubt there will be consequences. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (t/2Uw) 60
Actual minnesotans, or usual pro rental rabble-rousers?
Posted by: Judge kamalamakadingdong at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (/6GbT) 61
t's the battle of the billionaires. Trump vs. Soros in a fight to reclaim Minneapolis.
Put it on PPV Well, Trump has the constitution of a deity, while I'm pretty sure Soros is a head in a jar filled with the blood of Jewish virgins, so sure. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t) 62
In my opinion they have let this go on far too long... The "protestors " are energized...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (VE6XX) 63
This is like all these videos I've seen of police WARNING that they will break the window.
Stop the warnings. DO IT. Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (zjgNU) 64
Response for a willowing:
--- I happen to agree, I don't think he should have, but that's the unfortunately consequence of people doing stupid things with their cars. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:39 AM (dGCAG) --- I totally agree. She had the ability to make a calm least-lethal decision and get out of the car and be arrested for obstruction when the ICE agent told her to get out of the car. From the phone video of the shooting officer, it's clear that he was not moving to get in front of the car, but simply in the way of the way she turned to resist arrest or at least momentary detainment. Good took it upon herself to control the situation when she decided to flee like she was Woody Woodpecker. That is inescapable. She may not have fully seen where he was--but that's irrelevant. She moved her vehicle with disregard for anyone's safety. All to dunk on ICE, perhaps. All as part of their lark to obstruct ICE Although, I don't think it was effective for accomplishing anything, I'm not going to second-guess the agent or armchair quarterback him. That's not what I mean by the calm unadvocatory, unnormative reflection that he should not have shot her. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (Q4cxx) 65
Eh, Frey and Walz look like they are about at the end of their ropes. I don't think Minneapolis has suffered enough, yet.
Let the DOJ continue their investigations. Let the federal grand juries do their thing (hopefully, in the reddest counties in MN) and keep arresting the thugs. The politicians are the accessories. Let's find the ringleaders and go for them, and if they raise a ruckus, then it will be self-evident to the country that am Insurrection Act proclamation is warranted. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (rj6Yv) 66
Afternoon Ace.
Trump should unleash the sonic weapons on Walz , Omar and Frey, as well as rioters. Watch them poo themselves on live TV. It would be a short insurrection Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (Oql3v) 67
Hit them. Hit them hard. Turn those lakes into bogs full of insurrectionist bodies.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (BSdIE) 68
It's time. Time for Trump and Miller to take off their gloves. Invade Greenland. Lay waste to Minneapolis and everywhere else antifa and libs reside.
It's time to remake the world order. Posted by: Diabeetus at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (ASvvW) 69
"Please give my compliments to my friends in your State and say to them, that if a single drop of blood shall be shed there in opposition to the laws of the United States, I will hang the first man I can lay my hand on engaged in such treasonable conduct, upon the first tree I can reach." - A. Jackson Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (tgvbd) 70
I hope Trump isn't bluffing.
Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM He has been bluffing a lot lately. I hope it is an anomaly, and not a trend. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo I have no idea what you mean. Posted by: Ventilated Iranian at January 15, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t) 71
Hmmm. 72 hour rule and all, but...
Seriously - who's in charge at Immigration? Unattended vehicles? Unattended arms? Really? Or is this cosplay? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (XuXeR) Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (dGCAG) 73
36 These anti-ICE riots seem to have distracted the public from the Somali fraud; as of by design
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo ====== For some of the people, not all. We on the right tend to treat people as a homogeneous blob, all this or all that. And I see constant references to LIV think this or that without any evidence other that speculation. Just like how BLM back in the day was an existential threat and Trump's slumping poll numbers meant certain defeat in 2020 when he actually gained well over 10 million new votes between 2016 and 2020 while no one thought puddin brain Biden got 20 million more votes than Killary and that stopping to count in six states on election night while Trump was leading in swing states was normal. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (WDjG6) 74
If it was a warm weather state, the protesters would have to stop soon for softball season to start. But as it is, this could go on until late April, or Lilith Fair.
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (0e5Te) 75
>>>After Night of Riots and Attacks on Federal Agents, Trump Threatens to Declare Minnesota to be in a State of Insurrection
I suspect he'll do it, and I understand it will take time and coordination to mount an effective counter operation. But I want to hear "Trump invokes . . . ." Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (dK+Kv) 76
Trump has also seemingly backed down from supporting the protesters in Iran.
From the unmitigated success of Venezuela to this? I don't get it. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (/JT24) 77
One of the Marxist insurrectionist soldiers last night was able to get into a CBP/ICE vehicle and bust open the locked box that contained a firearm. It quickly disappeared into the night.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (HTCU3) 78
Just like every party needs a ….. nevermind. 😂
Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (Wmg4n) Kale salad? Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (gGWDB) 79
The objectives are to cause chaos, distract from the fraud, rile up the Democrats base.
You don’t give them what they want. You give them what they don’t expect. DHS is surging assets to Minnesota. Those assets will provide additional muscle and safety. They will also go after the anarchists who are being funded by Russia and China with laundered money. The people getting arrested are also being charged by the Feds. Not locally. Posted by: Vengeance at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (IJqrQ) 80
WTF are they doing with detailed operational and personal information in their vehicles? That's messy.
Cops have computers in their vehicles why not ICE? If they need that information why not have it in the phone. This is dumb. Second thoughts cause me to think it was there on purpose. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (AvfvA) 81
Invoke the Insurrection Act in MN one hour after the decapitation strike of the mullahs. No one will know which way to look, and it will confound the crazies.
Posted by: Maximum Mayhem at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (oftw2) 82
Trump should unleash the sonic weapons on Walz , Omar and Frey, as well as rioters. Watch them poo themselves on live TV. It would be a short insurrection
Talk about a sure-fire PPV hit. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t) 83
So we are now doubting Trump because he hasn’t done anything lately or on our own personal timeline?
Please. A day or two of patience. Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (30Gj0) 84
They need to RICO everything all the way up to the rich money enablers, throw them into jail for years, start seizing financial accounts, start canceling associates. Start canceling all social media companies that enable it. Start going after any of the associated journalists. Start going after any legal entities that dare to intervene. Make them afraid. Leverage the fear to make their madison cornbreads turn on each other.
If you do not do what the left did to all of us x 2 then it is over. Period. Sure, you don't like that fact. I understand. But it is a fact. Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (3uBP9) 85
The "protestors " are energized..."
Not really. It's pissing people off. "Illegals "aren't getting the love... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:27 PM (XuXeR) 86
I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:27 PM (n9ltV) 87
Based on J6 precedent, there is more than enough cause for holding Walz and Frey without bail.
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at January 15, 2026 12:27 PM (gxokI) 88
54 Send in the Marines and have them treat Minneapolis like Fallujah.
----------------- Sweet. A riverine operation. Let's do it. Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (pLaQB) 89
WTF are they doing with detailed operational and personal information in their vehicles? That's messy.
Cops have computers in their vehicles why not ICE? If they need that information why not have it in the phone. This is dumb. Second thoughts cause me to think it was there on purpose" Nailed it. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (XuXeR) 90
I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
"ICE officer in hiding after fatal Minneapolis shooting, Tom Homan says" Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm) 91
76 Trump has also seemingly backed down from supporting the protesters in Iran.
From the unmitigated success of Venezuela to this? I don't get it. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (/JT24) I've been thinking about this a lot - and I believe we called off a military strike in Iran because there was no clear path to regime change that way - just a path to another large middle eastern war that Trump and America don't need right now. The Iranian Army is still with the Mullah's for now, and that means there can be no regime change without a massive incursion of ground forces. And we're not going to do that, ever. Now that could change, maybe even later this year. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (uWKK8) 92
I am pretty depressed today about the general state of things. Just when I thought things getting better. That we were winning the big battles...
Trump backs down on Iran. Maybe there is a plan but the optics are terrible. You promise to help and then...nothing. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 12:23 PM (t/2Uw) --- This is why I said in the earlier thread that: warts and all, Trump is the best president of my lifetime. The other side is trying to suggest that the comatose president they sold us was somehow better than this. He's still the best president of my lifetime. Maybe if he ran the exit from Afghanistan it would have turned out to be as much of a Charlie-foxtrot as it was under Biden. Maybe, but there is no control timeline. We've been here before when Bush Sr. told the Kurds to resist and abandoned them. Trump is weighing whether or not to spend American lives. All the good intentions in the world didn't turn the Iraq situation to a real win. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:29 PM (Q4cxx) 93
Trump has also seemingly backed down from supporting the protesters in Iran.
From the unmitigated success of Venezuela to this? I don't get it. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (/JT24) "Trump keeps using the Navy to blow up some small smugglers? He is going to waste all that money, and international good will killing fishermen! He doesn't need a carrier to do that! [cue pearl-clutching]" Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:29 PM (rbvCR) 94
I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker."
I don't understand (but am starting to suspect) why anyone without a badge got within spitting distance of it... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:29 PM (XuXeR) 95
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, that's it for me. I've just been overcome with this overwhelming, almost primal need to care for and support my community.
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, and soldiers take to our streets, then that tears it for me. My son just turned 1yr. I will STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that's what I'm gonna fucking do. I'm going to do it because this is not the future I want for my son. only way i'm leaving mpls is in cuffs or a coffin I'm coming this weekend to help from out of state. If the fascist fucks send 1000 more ICE, then love from surrounding states is coming, too. I'm a 12 year army infantry/medic with a background in firearms instruction and I'll be back to train the resistance and fight. Fuck every last ICE agent and this administration. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (JCZqz) 96
If all the legal requirements have been met to invoke the Insurrection Act then do it. Everything that happens after the Act is put in place is on Walz, Frey, the MN government and the Minneapolis government.
Make that apparent. I still think there would some sort of horseshit legal stay attempted.... but if the requirements have been met there's not a lot the judiciary can do but piss and moan. It'll be ugly either way. But crushing this shit now before it spreads to CA, IL, NY, WA, OR and elsewhere is probably the only way to put this to rest. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (U2OZr) 97
86 I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:27 PM (n9ltV) Same. It’s not like restraint is winning hearts and minds. Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (OoFl2) 98
Send in the scoops
Posted by: A dude in MI at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (/6GbT) 99
Don't look now, but idiot supervisors have been losing laptops and weapons out of car clouts local state and federal for decades.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (YlWIZ) Posted by: Vengeance at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (IJqrQ) 101
Trump has also seemingly backed down from supporting the protesters in Iran."
Cause we're up on op details... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (XuXeR) 102
Tired of empty threats. At the same time, I don't want to see action until Trump has addressed the nation and defined the problem with receipts and historical perspective equal to the crisis. Bully pulpit time, not press gaggle onboard Air Force One time.
-- I believe this is imperative. He needs to formally address the nation, and show all evidence he has, including video of these riots, to the American people. The Democrats want Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. They want to be able to pillory him for its use and sell the people the story about his "dictatorship, just like the Nazis." His destruction of "our democracy." They're gonna do it if he moves in. He needs to get in front of it...with receipts and proof...on what's actually happening there. Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (qBdHI) 103
So we are now doubting Trump because he hasn’t done anything lately or on our own personal timeline?
Please. A day or two of patience. Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (30Gj0) No kidding. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t) 105
I will STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that's what I'm gonna fucking do. "
Your terms are acceptable. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (uWKK8) 106
Said a few weeks ago that I thought Walz would crack . The last couple vids I've seen show him getting more unhinged
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (Oql3v) 107
lol
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (uWKK8) 108
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, and soldiers take to our streets, then that tears it for me. My son just turned 1yr. I will STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that's what I'm gonna fucking do. I'm going to do it because this is not the future I want for my son.
only way i'm leaving mpls is in cuffs or a coffin Someone call Child Protective Services Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (VE6XX) 109
I think he invokes it if they actually kill a Federal officer
Posted by: Victrola at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (UKuEv) 110
I guess Trump has to order every underling to do the specifics of their jobs.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (Vh9CX) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (gGWDB) 112
Trump is weighing whether or not to spend American lives. All the good intentions in the world didn't turn the Iraq situation to a real win.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:29 PM (Q4cxx) But flypaper, bro. Posted by: Don Rumsfeld's Enlarged Prostate at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (TdYBy) 113
Frey's Minneapolis Police need to be interred, as well as Walz's thugs, bullies, redcaps, the Minnesota State Police. They can't be trusted and are compromised.
Posted by: Let Joy Be Unconfined! at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (oftw2) 114
with this overwhelming, almost primal need to care for and support my community"
"My community " You got a title? Deed? F off Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR) 115
The Iranian Army is still with the Mullah's for now, and that means there can be no regime change without a massive incursion of ground forces.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (uWKK That makes no sense. We can tell the Iranian army that we will destroy their columns from the air if they go into the cities. And we can absolutely do it. No boots on the ground, and the message will be loud and clear and will energize the revolution. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (n9ltV) 116
The worst thing that could happen to the Commies is that the general population looks at the mayhem in Minneapolis for a couple of weeks, writes off the domestic terrorism as Bolshevik roleplay and ignores the federal cleanup process.
"We're bored. We don't care about BS in Minneapolis. What's for dinner?" Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (rj6Yv) 117
WTF are they doing with detailed operational and personal information in their vehicles? That's messy.
Cops have computers in their vehicles why not ICE? If they need that information why not have it in the phone. This is dumb. Second thoughts cause me to think it was there on purpose" Nailed it. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (XuXeR) --- They are probably rentals. I don't think ICE has a fleet of vehicles that they drive to every state. Maybe their current operations warrant that, but their standard operations really don't. However, perhaps the government could contract for some universal arm that can fit a range of cars that can use the electronic system in the car for a portable system like cops have. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (Q4cxx) 118
Walz finally tells his poo flinging monkeys to be peaceful. I think Trump's threat finally got through to Walz.
http://tiny.cc/rjpx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (Yp6az) 119
The Insurrection Act would probably get applied with a couple of battalions descending on Minneapolis in a matter of days, a show of immediate and overwhelming force that will terrify IL, NY, MA, and CA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison The fact that Trump is dragging his feet on Iran and Insurrection Act may be because both have large downsides for what may be a temporary problem. On Iran, you just don't strike willy nilly for a regime decapitation strike big enough to eliminate most of the mullah's support troops. Something this big requires prep similar to the Gulf Wars targeting Saddam. Very different than a snatch and grab or a bombing known Iranian nuclear assets. On Minnesota, the same thing, what happens with the clown show moves to another blue city or state like California, do you then declare Insurrection Act there, etc. Lots of legal issues and risks for going off half cocked. All the while that Scotus and the courts will delay, deny, and do other obstructive shit so that any action Trump takes is delegitimized to some extent. So, do we jump at the provocation? Do we continue the same plan, surge, etc.? We face the same problem as American Troops in Iraq. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (WDjG6) 120
24 19 Just do it Donald... I'm betting he's looking at the bogus "poll" CNN put out with the majority of "voters" think ICE is in the wrong.. Those numbers were so bad it would mean the majority of republicans are against ICE... Not buying it..
Posted by: It's me donna -------- He has internal polling that is much more accurate. MN is hard core politics and the Donald will be much more successful when National sentiment is fully on his side. The MSM is not presenting this as it is but as a narrative against FedGov. That needs to change first. Then he can do what should be done with national support not angst. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (AvfvA) 121
As Molly Hemingway said, this is organized and funded, just like all the other ones. That's who needs to get ass-raped in a federal prison.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (MZ+PY) 122
83 So we are now doubting Trump because he hasn’t done anything lately or on our own personal timeline?
** No, that's not it. People are reckoning with 10 years of unilateral and unpunished abuses. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (b4LBp) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (gGWDB) 124
Frey's Minneapolis Police need to be interred, as well as Walz's thugs, bullies, redcaps, the Minnesota State Police.
I hate them as much as the next guy, but I think burial, particularly burial alive, is a bridge too far. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t) 125
" Just when I thought things getting better. That we were winning the big battles...
Trump backs down on Iran. Maybe there is a plan but the optics are terrible. You promise to help and then...nothing." Nothing last night when many were expecting ... something. Others said tonight ... not sure how long it takes to get proper assets lined up. Trump said he had it on good authority that Iran had stopped massacring the innocents ... and if not he would be very mad. well, maybe he does Minnesota and Iran in rapid succession, we can only hope. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (vbXSk) 126
Don't look now, but idiot supervisors have been losing laptops and weapons out of car clouts local state and federal for decades"
True. But in high profile actions, someone gets to babysit Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (XuXeR) 127
101 Trump has also seemingly backed down from supporting the protesters in Iran."
Cause we're up on op details... I said "seemingly." Anyway, optics are important, and neither MNnor Iran look good right now. That can change quickly, and Trump is our best chance, but I'm not gonna pretend I'm happy about the current situation. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (/JT24) 128
>>>I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
Watch the vid. Late in, some guy says it's empty, then, when local PD rolls up with sirens blaring, everyone is seen running away from what appears to be a still intact locker. If they got weapons, it appears that they got them from something not on that weapons locker vid. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (dK+Kv) 129
No, that's not it. People are reckoning with 10 years of unilateral and unpunished abuses.
-------------------------------- This. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (HGZZn) 130
Can FBI ID the pickup truck? Pick up and sweat the owner to give up others, pick them up and sweat some more.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (KiBMU) 131
121 As Molly Hemingway said, this is organized and funded, just like all the other ones. That's who needs to get ass-raped in a federal prison.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 12:33 PM (MZ+PY) I keep hearing about how we're tracking the funding, with major agencies on the job. But absolutely nothing to show for it. Really? It's that hard to track the money? Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (b4LBp) 132
116 The worst thing that could happen to the Commies is that the general population looks at the mayhem in Minneapolis for a couple of weeks, writes off the domestic terrorism as Bolshevik roleplay and ignores the federal cleanup process.
"We're bored. We don't care about BS in Minneapolis. What's for dinner?" Posted by: mrp =========== That happens more often than people think. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (WDjG6) 133
Walz finally tells his poo flinging monkeys to be peaceful.
-------- You need to learn to speak leftard. "Be peaceful" is not so subtle code for "start the burnin" Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (gGWDB) 134
I'm not gonna pretend I'm happy about the current situation.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (/JT24) I could use a pony, too. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (dK+Kv) 135
The Iranian mess is a much more difficult mess than Venezuela. The mullahs have massive security apparatus around them. We might be able to blast a couple of secret police buildings, though that might risk detainees, but everything will require a lot of intelligence and patience
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (Oql3v) 136
Since they already have training in taking down governments, lets kill two birds with one stone. Arrest the insurrectionists/traitors, and give them a choice: death at the bottom of the ocean, or go to Iran to overthrow its government as Iranian citizens. They can't terrorize the US (at least for a while), and the Iranian people get help with professsionals.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (S/Y4j) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (XuXeR) 138
I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo Probably because the agents/officers would be catching lawsuits & criminal charges for the rest of their lives, absent a state of emergency declaration by Trump. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (mlg/3) 139
Walz finally tells his poo flinging monkeys to be peaceful. I think Trump's threat finally got through to Walz.
They'll always SAY that. They have to appear sane for the normies. Their actions (not using state LE to control the chaos) speaks to his true desire. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (JCZqz) 140
95 "I'm coming this weekend to help from out of state. If the fascist fucks send 1000 more ICE, then love from surrounding states is coming, too. I'm a 12 year army infantry/medic with a background in firearms instruction and I'll be back to train the resistance and fight."
== Crossing state lines!!! Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (0bjKf) 141
We can tell the Iranian army that we will destroy their columns from the air if they go into the cities. And we can absolutely do it.
No boots on the ground, and the message will be loud and clear and will energize the revolution. It would be an excellent opportunity to test out our new drones and drone tactics. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t) 142
So I'm thinking local militia. Put a bounty on the heads of the anti-ICE assholes and let Bubba, Skooter and their pals fix the problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (2WIwB) 143
This has been way, way too organized. Follow the money. Especially who is paying the organization expenses and the salaries of the professional protesters.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (4nEGa) 144
The whackos really do want civil war 2.0 don’t they? They oughta read up on the southern fire eaters of the early 1860s…. They thought secession would be a piece of cake and they were fanatical…. Lots of parallels
Personally I do NOT want CW 2.0…. It would be awful and catastrophic Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (xT8gx) 145
WTF are they doing with detailed operational and personal information in their vehicles? That's messy.
Cops have computers in their vehicles why not ICE? It'd be dead easy to give them laptops with whole disk encryption. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (Yp6az) 146
No boots on the ground, and the message will be loud and clear and will energize the revolution.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (n9ltV) If the protestors can't do it on their own, then what? Do we pick out the leader? Then what happens when he falls? We can try to create the situation where the protestors can win (bomb the regime), but we cannot do it for them unless we want to go all the way and occupy the country. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y) 147
I keep hearing about how we're tracking the funding, with major agencies on the job. But absolutely nothing to show for it. Really? It's that hard to track the money?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (b4LBp) If they are not ALREADY hoovering up all comms and device IDs in the area J6-style, then I will be extremely disappointed. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (dK+Kv) 148
I'm coming this weekend to help from out of state. If the fascist fucks send 1000 more ICE, then love from surrounding states is coming, too.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (JCZqz) --- Ah. It's not okay for Rittenhouse to cross state lines to save buildings from being burned, but it's totally okay to cross state lines to harass law enforcement. This is why this is not going to end well. Stupidity has ample support for its stupidity. Probably because Soros needs cannon fodder. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (Q4cxx) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:37 PM (XuXeR) 150
10. Time to squash it completely
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 12:37 PM (kJmLc) 151
Said a few weeks ago that I thought Walz would crack . The last couple vids I've seen show him getting more unhinged
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (Oql3v) He is starting to look kind of rough. I don't think he has enough heart to survive this. Who wants to guess, Run Away or Make Illegal Orders to Resist like Allende calling the workers and all democrats and patriots in Chile to join him in defending the constitution and the revolutionary progress. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR) 152
No boots on the ground, and the message will be loud and clear and will energize the revolution.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (n9ltV) Hellfire missiles on all the ayatollahs, all the mullahs, and every goddam imam you can locate. Make it a death sentence to be any kind of wheel at all in the islamic hierarchy. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:37 PM (8zz6B) 153
I keep hearing about how we're tracking the funding, with major agencies on the job. But absolutely nothing to show for it. Really? It's that hard to track the money?
Posted by: Ordinary American Beyond a reasonable doubt is the standard if you want convictions. So you have to show that the supplier of funds knew they were going toward illegal activities. That requires flipping the footsoldiers to narc on the higher ups to then narc on those to the kingpins. Think of this like going after the Mafia if you want legal cases and it will take years not internet hot minutes. Or we can try the extralegal methods of suppressing an Insurrection. So a cold civil war might go hot. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:37 PM (WDjG6) 154
The whackos really do want civil war 2.0 don’t they? They oughta read up on the southern fire eaters of the early 1860s…. They thought secession would be a piece of cake and they were fanatical…. Lots of parallels
Personally I do NOT want CW 2.0…. It would be awful and catastrophic Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (xT8gx) Nobody sane wants CW 2.0. The left does not care about sanity. Be prepared. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (dK+Kv) 155
They'll always SAY that. They have to appear sane for the normies. Their actions (not using state LE to control the chaos) speaks to his true desire.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (JCZqz) I dunno, they seem to have been pretty fucking insane for the past 10 years. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y) 156
> They'll always SAY that. They have to appear sane for the normies.
OK, but Walz has been out fanning the flames for days. This message is a huge change in tone. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (Yp6az) 157
I'm a 12 year army infantry/medic with a background in firearms instruction"
Pull the other one, Call of Duty warrior... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR) 158
the number of these domestic intifadaists is small, but hey are escalating, ratcheting up their assaults every day
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK) 159
I'm a 12 year army infantry/medic with a background in firearms instruction and I'll be back to train the resistance and fight. Fuck every last ICE agent and this administration.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 12:30 PM (JCZqz) ======= Why? Why would you do that? Is illegal immigration so important to your existence that you would risk your life to protect it? Do you love criminals THAT much? The "resistance"? The defense of murderers, fraudsters, rapists, thieves and human traffickers is worth everything to you? Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (rj6Yv) 160
15 I pray president Trump does this and does it now. We already have had our congress critters fail us in even bigger fashion than normal, and now we have this. When the dems take over- and they will at this rate- this is what we have to look forward too but 100 times worse.
Posted by: Piper ------------------- What are the people of MN doing? Saying? Are they calling the local news stations, calling their representatives asking for honest reporting, asking for their rep to call Trump? Or are they half assed supporting the riots? This is a state enforcement issue and the state, the people of the state don't want the Fed interfering with their Wonderland. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (AvfvA) 161
142 So I'm thinking local militia. Put a bounty on the heads of the anti-ICE assholes and let Bubba, Skooter and their pals fix the problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (2WIwB) Very entrepreneurial. I like it. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (4nEGa) 162
If the protestors can't do it on their own, then what?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y) We aren't trying to referee a fair fight. Follow through with the rhetoric, rock the regime back on its heels with air strikes on the Army going into the cities, and then see what happens. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (n9ltV) 163
We can tell the Iranian army that we will destroy their columns from the air if they go into the cities. And we can absolutely do it.
No boots on the ground, and the message will be loud and clear and will energize the revolution. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:32 PM (n9ltV) I've seen another path to collapsing the regime becoming apparent now, it's not as fast but has better odds of low risk success. The Iranian rial is not simply collapsing; on the international black market today it's trading at 1.5 million to the dollar, and still falling. And reportedly regime figures are transferring all of the hard cash (meaning foreign currency) out of the country to their own personal stashes. When the military stops being paid, which could happen soon, the regime will be poised to fall with minimal effort. This started when Iran's largest bank failed recently; all of the other banking firms in Iran appear ready to fail as well. They simply have no money other than what the Mullah's are printing, and that has become worthless. Sadly, this means a longer period of suffering for the Iranian people. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (uWKK8) 164
Horse mounted Cossacks with sabers will clear out Minneapolis of vermin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (Lk2kN) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (XuXeR) 166
These people are just flat out F'n liars.
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast President Donald Trump suffered a stroke several months ago and has kept it from the public, a medical expert has claimed. https://tinyurl.com/6a5c36ku Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC) 167
159 Why? Why would you do that? Is illegal immigration so important to your existence that you would risk your life to protect it? Do you love criminals THAT much? The "resistance"? The defense of murderers, fraudsters, rapists, thieves and human traffickers is worth everything to you?
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (rj6Yv) ======= Yes. To all of that, yes. It is that important to him. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO) 168
I hope Trump isn't bluffing. If he is -- pack it in, his presidency is effectively over and he's an early lame duck, backed down by trantifa.
I doubt that he is. But if he goes in, I hope that when the dust settles, he has a set of rallies planned. Big ones. These to counter the wave of negative bullsh*t coming from the media. Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB) 169
>>I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker
By who? ICE was long gone by that time, were they not? MN Polica aren't going to do anything...so, who would use deadly force? Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (ZcsJV) 170
Why? Why would you do that?
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (rj6Yv) Insane Lefty Pussy. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (dK+Kv) 171
The whackos really do want civil war 2.0 don’t they? They oughta read up on the southern fire eaters of the early 1860s…. They thought secession would be a piece of cake and they were fanatical…. Lots of parallels
Personally I do NOT want CW 2.0…. It would be awful and catastrophic IIRC, it was Shelby Foote who pointed out that the Southern women were the most militant of all, and mocked any man who didn't want to go off to war. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t) 172
166 These people are just flat out F'n liars.
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast President Donald Trump suffered a stroke several months ago and has kept it from the public, a medical expert has claimed. https://tinyurl.com/6a5c36ku Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC) ======= BECAUSE OF EPSTEIN! Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO) 173
Follow through with the rhetoric, rock the regime back on its heels with air strikes on the Army going into the cities, and then see what happens.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (n9ltV) And if the regime still keeps hold and the protestors cannot push them out with photo ops? Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y) 174
>>If they got weapons, it appears that they got them from something not on that weapons locker vid.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon They got a rifle out of the back of an ICE? (maybe FBI) vehicle after breaking into the locker therein. Nick Sortor on X has the video. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (Y1sOo) 175
The defense of murderers, fraudsters, rapists, thieves and human traffickers is worth everything to you?"
Willing to march under the Somalia 2.0 flag... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (XuXeR) 176
Walz finally tells his poo flinging monkeys to be peaceful. I think Trump's threat finally got through to Walz.
--------------- Like Willie Wonka saying softly "stop. Don't. Come back." Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (6JIxE) 177
Trust the plan. The plan is good.
Posted by: QAnrdoz at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (/JT24) 178
That video of the morons trying to brute force the weapons locker is hilarious. A tradesman with an angle grinder would have it open in a minute or two.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (Yp6az) 179
Don't get me wrong. I'll accept federal forces mowing down rebels in the street and bodies piling up to it if the left pushes this too far.
I'll accept the strong-arm solution to all this bullshit. But I want Trump to take each step slowly all the same. He should win--that's not a prediction, that's an assessment. If he uses everything at his disposal--according to that one judge, even the army, he very likely will win. But this is an appearance issue as well. It won't "look like America". But the same can be said for armed insurrection. Tides Foundation cannon fodder seems to be pushing it that way, though. So yes, I will accept a miliary takeover of Minnesota, and the installation of a interim governor. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (Q4cxx) 180
Trump needs to form a ministry of ungentlemanly warfare.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 12:42 PM (snZF9) 181
I've seen another path to collapsing the regime becoming apparent now, it's not as fast but has better odds of low risk success. The Iranian rial is not simply collapsing; on the international black market today it's trading at 1.5 million to the dollar, and still falling. And reportedly regime figures are transferring all of the hard cash (meaning foreign currency) out of the country to their own personal stashes. When the military stops being paid, which could happen soon, the regime will be poised to fall with minimal effort. This started when Iran's largest bank failed recently; all of the other banking firms in Iran appear ready to fail as well. They simply have no money other than what the Mullah's are printing, and that has become worthless.
Sadly, this means a longer period of suffering for the Iranian people. Posted by: Tom Servo ====== A book by F. Paul Wilson, An Enemy of the State, posits exactly that. The rebellion is successful without much outside aid other than mopping up because the money supporting the regime becomes worthless. Scifi but well worth reading and won Wilson an award from Libertarians paid in gold of course. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:42 PM (WDjG6) 182
Interesting times indeed.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 12:42 PM (g8Ew8) 183
NEW: Leftists appear to dox ICE and FBI agents after looting a government vehicle, proudly documented on a Meidas Touch livestream.
--- Hence why they never needed to wear masks--because nobody was doxxing them then! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (Q4cxx) 184
Trump has backed himself into the Witcher's conundrum.
Events on the ground will force him to become the monster that every leftist thinks he is. Posted by: Defenestratus at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (WYStd) 185
This is a state enforcement issue and the state, the people of the state don't want the Fed interfering with their Wonderland.
It really isn't. Illegals hoover up Federal tax money, and are free to spread to other states. It's a country-wide problem, just like corrupt voting in Federal elections. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t) 186
I'm betting he's looking at the bogus "poll" CNN put out with the majority of "voters" think ICE is in the wrong.. Those numbers were so bad it would mean the majority of republicans are against ICE... Not buying it..
Posted by: It's me donna There are people in the Donald's administration who pay attention to the polls, as there should be. I don't think the Donald is one of them. I'm going to watch logistical movements over the next 48 hours. Betting we see a couple of C 17s landing in Minneapolis soon. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (vzcgi) 187
ICE was long gone by that time, were they not?"
Why? Who is the epically stupid ass mother f**ker who authorized leaving? That smells... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (XuXeR) 188
They want to destroy the world to build a better world.
There is no negotiating with that type of mindset. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (Lk2kN) 189
I'm wondering if Trump was waiting for Walz to pull the trigger on his threat to call up the MN National Guard. Trump could federalize the Guard and invoke the Insurrection Act then. But Walz is a pu$$y and was bluffing. Trump can't wait anymore.
Walz and Frey should be Maduro'd in the dead of night. Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (G0+xC) 190
Scumbag NeverTrumper has thoughts
@WalshFreedom If I were a governor, I’d put the National Guard on the streets immediately to protect my constituents against these masked federal thugs. If I were back in Congress, I would vote to shut the government down until those masked federal thugs were off our streets. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 12:43 PM (mlg/3) 191
171 The whackos really do want civil war 2.0 don’t they? They oughta read up on the southern fire eaters of the early 1860s…. They thought secession would be a piece of cake and they were fanatical…. Lots of parallels
Personally I do NOT want CW 2.0…. It would be awful and catastrophic IIRC, it was Shelby Foote who pointed out that the Southern women were the most militant of all, and mocked any man who didn't want to go off to war. Posted by: Archimedes ====== Yep. Also see 1984 by Orwell about the same topic. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (WDjG6) 192
The Dems win elections and immediately begin to implement their agendas.
Look at what happened in VA today. Multiple constitutional amendments passed. In NJ today, sanctuary policies reaffirmed by new Dem admin. Mamdani wins in NYC and off and running. Republican majorities in House and Senate and can't stop a single Dem priority while allowing Senate to keep Trump appointees from getting into office. Why does this keep happening? We are a clear majority with many 80-20 issues but can't get anything enacted to enforce our viewpoints. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (t/2Uw) 193
TACO
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (XjqVH) 194
91 76 Trump has also seemingly backed down from supporting the protesters in Iran.
From the unmitigated success of Venezuela to this? I don't get it. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 15, 2026 12:25 PM (/JT24) I've been thinking about this a lot - and I believe we called off a military strike in Iran because there was no clear path to regime change that way - just a path to another large middle eastern war that Trump and America don't need right now. The Iranian Army is still with the Mullah's for now, and that means there can be no regime change without a massive incursion of ground forces. And we're not going to do that, ever. Now that could change, maybe even later this year. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:28 PM (uWKK This - 100%. We're not freeing an Iranian people who don't want to be free. That includes their military wanting to be free. There's really nothing in it for America and Americans. I would not want to be in Iran, boots on the ground. And nothing short of that will make anything happen. At least not right now. Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (tOcjL) 195
It'd be dead easy to give them laptops with whole disk encryption.
Posted by: bonhomme All of our government laptops have bit locker. You have to enter a long pin number to unencrypt it for use ever time you start it up. Of course, the unencrypt number is the same for all systems, and is on a sticker right by the keyboard so no one will get locked out, so... Posted by: Military Moron at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (JCZqz) 196
His name was RICO. He wore a diamond. He was escorted to his chair, he saw Bondi sitting there and when she finished he was in prison all his money was in stir all his friends had already rolled over on him.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (YlWIZ) 197
I am not saying bombing the regime is not the right call, but you have to set in your mind where the limit of how much we are going to do for them and what the impact of that help will be.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y) 198
Per Zero Hedge:
Stephen Miller, a top White House official, said Tuesday evening that federal law enforcement now has the resources to protect its officers and begin the work of “identifying, disrupting and dismantling the insurgent networks” hampering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a large-scale deployment of federal agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul in early January 2026, deploying approximately 2,000 federal agents from ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) under an operation dubbed “Operation Metro Surge.” Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR) 199
>>IIRC, it was Shelby Foote who pointed out that the Southern women were the most militant of all, and mocked any man who didn't want to go off to war.
All I can think of is the Bugs Bunny Gone with the Wind Episode. 'He's not in here...he's NOT in HERE!' Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (ZcsJV) 200
The idiots in my little neighborhood have been posting on the local Facebook page that they are handing out free whistles to anyone who wants to "protest" the ICE agents that they are sure that they are "seeing" by the local elementary school and restaurants.
Pathetic, really. They believe themselves to be sticking it to "the man", when really they are just seeing boogeymen everywhere they see a black SUV. I just want to tell these yahoos that ICE isn't giving this little corner of Fort Worth a second thought when there are MUCH bigger -and less law-abiding - areas to be patrolling, but these people are all starring in the make-believe movies generated by their little pea brains, so it would fall on deaf ears. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (SRRAx) 201
The left has all the crazies that can be called up to mount the Insurrection, like the ones in that video. Few sane conservatives are willing to do the bombings or other criminal acts that Democrats call for daily.
Real Conservatives have to deal with the druggies/thugs in the streets, and a rogue's gallery of corrupt leftist judges as well. Posted by: illiniwek at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (vbXSk) 202
They got a rifle out of the back of an ICE? (maybe FBI) vehicle after breaking into the locker therein. Nick Sortor on X has the video.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 12:41 PM (Y1sOo) They did that during BLM in Seattle, and I think that it was one of Brandi Kruse's security dudes, a GWOT vet who walked up to the pantifag and grabbed it right out of his hands. I think it was that moment that turned Brandi Kruse's panties moist and turned her brain permanently away from TDS. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (dK+Kv) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (XuXeR) 204
184 Trump has backed himself into the Witcher's conundrum.
Events on the ground will force him to become the monster that every leftist thinks he is. Posted by: Defenestratus ===== Trump is more likely though to pull a Xanatos gambit. There is a reason to his apparent madness and unpredictability has a value all of its own. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (WDjG6) 205
Invoking the Insurrection Act would be crossing the rubicon
Trump shouldn’t do this because it would normalize real fascism such as arresting people for not wearing masks or for challenging election results, or getting impeached for imaginary crimes even when you’re not even president anymo- Oh Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 15, 2026 12:45 PM (REq0p) 206
I guess I'm supposed to care about people in Minnesota protesting, but I don't. Not at all. They're part of the freaky left. They are the problem.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 15, 2026 12:46 PM (aZm/F) 207
But if he goes in, I hope that when the dust settles, he has a set of rallies planned. Big ones. These to counter the wave of negative bullsh*t coming from the media.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB) Yes. Commitment and follow-through are critical. He needs a blitzkrieg PR and counter-propaganda team ready to hit the media between the eyes. This is where we always come up short. He can't keep sending out Karoline Leavitt and Tom Homan solo to play defense in front of a pack of hyena media. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:46 PM (b4LBp) 208
Horse mounted Cossacks with sabers will clear out Minneapolis of vermin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM What are we, chopped liver? Posted by: Winged Hussars at January 15, 2026 12:46 PM (0sNs1) 209
If this is being done correctly, there are guys that are modeling and identifying and locating the naughty ones and their com network. Once they have a bulk of the network of nutz they just launch a Night of the Long Knives without the Knives. Let the silly ones put themselves on the skyline. Its like they don't know shit about round ups.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 12:46 PM (pLaQB) 210
Why does this keep happening? We are a clear majority with many 80-20 issues but can't get anything enacted to enforce our viewpoints.--------
Occam's Razor: Elected Republicans really don't want to. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:46 PM (6JIxE) 211
Walz finally tells his poo flinging monkeys to be peaceful. I think Trump's threat finally got through to Walz.
--- People noticed that it's taken him this long to say anything about his side remaining peaceful. "Hey, the Proudboys get in scuffles with people who are scuffling with them. Would you please denounce the Proudboys, President Trump?" But when its them, we got all sorts of LARPers coming out of the woodwork talking about bringing guns and putting up a resistence. I'll be a bitter-ender with Trump on this one. What's that Swallowswell said? "Oh, yeah, we got nukes and fighter planes". Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (Q4cxx) 212
Lunch was a long time ago but missed it 3
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (XOpK8) 213
Personally, Iran's a big distraction right now. The country's a mess no matter what outcome presents itself.
The bigger issue is here at home. Minneapolis specifically. Whether that requires a few politicos to be picked up and put on display, or something more violent is fine with me either way. But put the insurrection down and put the politicians and moneymen financing it in prison. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (U2OZr) 214
>>>cuffs or a coffin
------- Sounds like my honeymoon! Posted by: ... >You have a sister who is single? I have tequila. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (BSdIE) 215
Re: 95
Apparently sarcasm and mocking tone which should be obvious from your name, isn’t to some commenters Posted by: epador at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (TRnzq) 216
Based on these pics and vids, it's hard to tell how widespread the rioting is. Looks like the same scene is being recycled (that red-painted car is in multiple pics). The crowds seem like half "reporters" and social media types looking for a scoop. That's telling.
This does not appear to be anything like the truly massive, citywide rioting seen during the Summer of Saint George. If indeed it's true that this is mainly a small grundle of localized shiteaters, then Trump is wise to be cautious. There seems to be a concerted effort by people on our side to goad Trump into doing something which which there might be no turning back. I personally would like ICE to handle this themselves, if for no other reason than to show they ain't to be fucked with. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/) 217
178 That video of the morons trying to brute force the weapons locker is hilarious. A tradesman with an angle grinder would have it open in a minute or two.
Posted by: bonhomme The lockpicking lawyer would have it open in 10 seconds. And undamaged! Posted by: Military Moron at January 15, 2026 12:48 PM (JCZqz) 218
seeing boogeymen everywhere they see a black SUV."
I'm so tempted to rent one... and who's going to tell them that those cops turn them over. No ice required.... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:48 PM (XuXeR) 219
Trump needs to form a ministry of ungentlemanly warfare.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division What rank should he give Sydney Sweeney? Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:48 PM (vzcgi) 220
Why does this keep happening? We are a clear majority with many 80-20 issues but can't get anything enacted to enforce our viewpoints.
--- Pubs really aren't that into you. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:48 PM (Q4cxx) 221
Sadly, this means a longer period of suffering for the Iranian people.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (uWKK It might be better than bombings followed by a ground assault to occupy the country. This way the weapon of resistance is Tether Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:48 PM (rbvCR) 222
This does not appear to be anything like the truly massive, citywide rioting seen during the Summer of Saint George.
== nope, and they are getting more and more aggressive Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 12:49 PM (g47mK) 223
Sadly, this means a longer period of suffering for the Iranian people.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:39 PM (uWKK It's the young people I feel sorry for. They weren't the ones cheering and dancing in the streets when the muzzies took over in the 70's. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 12:49 PM (g8Ew8) 224
138 I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -------- The whole country runs on public sentiment. If national sentiment is on your side you can do it. If national sentiment is not on your side !00% you're swimming upstream. In a sane world there would be Paddy Wagons, night sticks and those streets would be cleared. We're not there yet. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:49 PM (AvfvA) 225
The entire point of the protests, and blocking cars and ramping up the rhetoric is to get the videos and sound-bites that the left thinks will help them in the midterms.
"Direct action" leads to violent ICE response which leads to lawsuits and Democrat outrage which leads to high Democrat voter turnout. It has always worked in the past. Trump needs to end this now. He needs to show the left that this tactic is no longer viable. Posted by: 29Victor at January 15, 2026 12:50 PM (0MjtC) 226
Looks like the same scene is being recycled (that red-painted car is in multiple pics). The crowds seem like half "reporters" and social media types looking for a scoop. That's telling"
Hey, we've got 24 hours to fill! /media Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:50 PM (XuXeR) 227
They weren't the ones cheering and dancing in the streets when the muzzies took over in the 70's.
== nor were majority of Iranians watching the coup against the Shah Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 12:50 PM (g47mK) 228
I keep hearing about how we're tracking the funding, with major agencies on the job. But absolutely nothing to show for it. Really? It's that hard to track the money?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:34 PM (b4LBp) My guess is, they don't want to find them, or know where it's coming from and don't want to go after them. Why, I will leave to your imagination, but if Mike Benz and Datarepublican can track it, then the feds can, too. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 12:50 PM (MZ+PY) 229
Occam's Razor: Elected Republicans really don't want to.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 12:46 PM (6JIxE) --- Are you saying that "Republicans who care" are a needless entity? Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:50 PM (Q4cxx) 230
Why does this keep happening? We are a clear majority with many 80-20 issues but can't get anything enacted to enforce our viewpoints.
Because the deep state can always find enough dirt on enough congress critters to get even the ones that are not bought in line. Hey Rep Smith...look at these pictures I have with you and...wait that isn't your wife...at this fancy restaurant. And I just had this made into a nice formal picture set I mailed to your house. Why...I better hurry and make sure it doesn't get delivered right? But first I gotta ask you how you are going to vote on that important upcoming bill... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm) 231
Why does this keep happening? We are a clear majority with many 80-20 issues but can't get anything enacted to enforce our viewpoints.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) ===== A) the filibuster in the Senate acts as a rachet B), the left has enforced unity as they are very effective about eliminating their internal opposition, the Right lacks the majority in Congress to do the same. Which is why Murcow is still around from a Red State. C) Trump is reluctant to go Caesar because that is what it would take along with a civil war to destroy the left in this country for a generation. He prefers precision strikes and using financial control to bankrupt his enemies. So we shall see. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (WDjG6) 232
I do suspect the riots are being magnified as bigger than they are
They have to import people from other states just to make a show of large crowds protesting I also suspect Minnesota would be deep red if it weren’t for all the Somalis and white women femcels voting That and the freezing cold making the locals retarded Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (REq0p) 233
> The lockpicking lawyer would have it open in 10 seconds. And undamaged!
Then he'd lock it, and open it again, just to show it wasn't a fluke. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (Yp6az) 234
Iranian diaspora is huge - 5 million or so.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (g47mK) 235
Make Kent State great again!
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ) 236
It might be better than bombings followed by a ground assault to occupy the country.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants to see American ground troops in Iran, least of all the Iranians. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t) 237
Trump is more likely though to pull a Xanatos gambit. There is a reason to his apparent madness and unpredictability has a value all of its own.
Posted by: whig He's going to wear an orange Borat-style body thong, ride around a giant floating head distributing rifles to MAGA Brutals to suppress Commies and Illegals? It's a little weird, but I like the direction. Posted by: Confused Moron at January 15, 2026 12:52 PM (JCZqz) 238
216 Based on these pics and vids, it's hard to tell how widespread the rioting is. Looks like the same scene is being recycled (that red-painted car is in multiple pics). The crowds seem like half "reporters" and social media types looking for a scoop. That's telling.
This does not appear to be anything like the truly massive, citywide rioting seen during the Summer of Saint George. If indeed it's true that this is mainly a small grundle of localized shiteaters, then Trump is wise to be cautious. There seems to be a concerted effort by people on our side to goad Trump into doing something which which there might be no turning back. I personally would like ICE to handle this themselves, if for no other reason than to show they ain't to be fucked with. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/) ====== Yeah, I was asserting in the previous thread that the protesting scene in MN is probably louder but smaller because of the Good shooting. Those dedicated are more dedicated than ever, but a lot are just peeling off because real world consequences have ramped up. DHS is not tolerating any obstruction at all. They're smashing windows and cuffing people. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:52 PM (GBKbO) 239
What rank should he give Sydney Sweeney?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * s --- Lt. Col. tasked to coalesce military relations with the public. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:53 PM (AvfvA) 240
Sadly Trump would rather talk a big game about Greenland or future actions instead of making the case for actual solutions.
Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at January 15, 2026 12:53 PM (UE0CA) 241
As for Iran,It takes about a week to get the military assets in place.
Posted by: steevy at January 15, 2026 12:53 PM (YwEeS) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 12:53 PM (XuXeR) 243
My guess is, they don't want to find them, or know where it's coming from and don't want to go after them. Why, I will leave to your imagination, but if Mike Benz and Datarepublican can track it, then the feds can, too.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder Money itself is not enough. You have to show intent of the big foundations in funding illegal actions. That means a tedious rounding up of footsoldiers and getting them to roll over on the layer above them, then repeat until you get the kingpins. That is the limit of the legal process, it takes time, a lot of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and DoJ footsoldier attorneys willing to go YOLO on their careers to do this. You can go extra legal via Insurrection, etc. but that has its own massive downsides as in possibly provoking ACW II. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (WDjG6) 244
Invoke Insurrection Act.
Arrest Governor, Mayor, and Police Chief as accessories. Appoint federal ministers to these posts. (Is this possible under latest SCOTUS decisions?) Fire any LEO who refuses lawful orders to put down insurrection. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (dK+Kv) 245
seeing boogeymen everywhere they see a black SUV."
I'm so tempted to rent one Get some buddies and rent a small fleet. Put on some sunglasses. Rush into neighborhoods as a convoy, wait for the poo flinging monkeys to show up, then leave. Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (Yp6az) 246
This does not appear to be anything like the truly massive, citywide rioting seen during the Summer of Saint George.
------- Its winter (rather than the Summer of Saint George), and winter in Minnesota is cold as hell. That alone will do a lot to keep the crowds down. I've probably spent a couple of months total in Minnesota during the winter (accumulated a week at a time during a previous job) and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. Seriously, if the Swedish Bikini team wintered in Minnesota I still wouldn't want to be there during the winter. COLD COLD COLD COLD! Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (TN0g+) 247
Lets see what happens this weekend.. If it escalates I believe Trump will use the Insurrection Act
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:55 PM (VE6XX) 248
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants to see American ground troops in Iran, least of all the Iranians./i]
I think as a serious internationals relations expert that this calls for a bipartisan compromise. We send 100K American boys into Iran but don't let them actually win. We do that for I don't know a decade and then retreat. And my friends across the aisle get to blame the Republicans and I to do my part I'll host a few Persian orphans. So...what do you say? Everyone gets something right? Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 15, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm) 249
His name was RICO. He wore a diamond. He was escorted to his chair, he saw Bondi sitting there and when she finished he was in prison all his money was in stir all his friends had already rolled over on him.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 15, 2026 12:44 PM (YlWIZ) --- Nice. Yes, RICO's name should be called pretty soon. This is a funded rebellion. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:55 PM (Q4cxx) 250
Put a missile up the Ayatollah's snoot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:55 PM (AvfvA) 251
US requested a session of the Security Council regarding Iran. Happening today. Now, why are we giving legitimacy to that pile of shite is beyond me, but hey, maybe there is a big plan that is in the works. I just know that we don't know and we entered a period of PSYOPs.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (g47mK) 252
If Iran wins and is allowed to continue to impose Islamic law on a population which clearly rejects it's tenets, then the West is lost. England, Canada, Australia, France already bowing to Islam alllwing Sharia courts and dismissing things like rape, incest, honor killing s as cultural norms. Creating no go zones where Islam is supreme to country Law. Even here. Islam is an existential threat and those of you who think it is none of our business are wrong. Very wrong.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (t/2Uw) 253
Afternoon.
I live that Northern Democrats are now saying their states are under Federal occupation. Why? Because those same people just love pairing the words "Southerner" and "traitor" together. So any of you that use Twatter have a conversation like that please remind those fuckstains that it's Northern Democrats deciding to secede. Swear to fucking gawd, what is it with Democrats and fucking secession? Posted by: Robert at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (9rsue) 254
Maybe you haven’t noticed, but Trump is scrupulous about following the law, even BS from the rebel judges.
If he pulls the trigger, it will be by the book, with all the required notice (that began as soon as he took office). It won’t be rushed because some of us want immediacy, rather than properly timed action and results. Jeez, guys. It’s been a great 11 months, with unimaginably good results. And not even two weeks since he rick-rolled Maduro. Hide your lighter fluid, take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy the show. We are living in history. Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (LMRVO) 255
I'll throw in a gratuitous prediction. If we lose the midterms and in the final analysis Trump falls short of main MAGA goals, i.e., deportations grind to a halt or judicial tyranny is never really addressed and we're still seeking redress from the Supreme Court on key decisions, a hardcore populist candidate, a sort of MAGA-on-steroids figure, will emerge to challenge Vance. No idea who that might be, but it will be someone to make Trump look moderate.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (b4LBp) 256
Sadly Trump would rather talk a big game about Greenland or future actions instead of making the case for actual solutions.
Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at January 15, 2026 12:53 PM (UE0CA) --- Go blow it out your keyster, Frenchie. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (Q4cxx) 257
240 Sadly Trump would rather talk a big game about Greenland or future actions instead of making the case for actual solutions.
Posted by: Corona ======= Everyone has their 'plans', some of which may or may not actually work in reality. As Mike Tyson said, "Everyone's got a plan until they are punched in the mouth." Trump has earned my trust by actions, vague intimations that someone could do better, not so much. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (WDjG6) 258
WE NEED MARINES HERE NOW!
-------------- And throw in a bunch of Special Forces Operators as well. As if it was Mogadishu -- because it effectively is. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (o+Cvj) 259
Money itself is not enough. You have to show intent of the big foundations in funding illegal actions. That means a tedious rounding up of footsoldiers and getting them to roll over on the layer above them, then repeat until you get the kingpins. That is the limit of the legal process, it takes time, a lot of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and DoJ footsoldier attorneys willing to go YOLO on their careers to do this.
You can go extra legal via Insurrection, etc. but that has its own massive downsides as in possibly provoking ACW II. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (WDjG6) That "DOJ footsoldier attorneys willing to YOLO their careers" is a huge thing. They are paid crap right now vs private sector and doing this, going after the billionaires, make them radioactive for life for all future work, after the next D admin fires them. The only ones who can do this are ones nearing retirement or ones looking to leave law forever (and even then, maybe not). We don't have the infrastructure to protect our attorneys. That's why so few are on our side. Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (tOcjL) 260
I've got a feeling something might happen.
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (vFG9F) 261
He's going to wear an orange Borat-style body thong, ride around a giant floating head distributing rifles to MAGA Brutals to suppress Commies and Illegals? It's a little weird, but I like the direction.
Posted by: Confused Moron at January 15, 2026 12:52 PM That's...oddly specific. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (kgE5c) 262
I don't understand why deadly force wasn't used when they started breaking into that weapons locker.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -------- That was covered in day 2 of the Minneapolis PD's seminar on community policing. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (vzcgi) 263
I hope Trump isn't bluffing. If he is -- pack it in, his presidency is effectively over and he's an early lame duck, backed down by trantifa.
Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM Had President Trump only declared antifa a domestic terrorist organization as he had talked about doing in his first Administration. The third Obama Administration had no problem throwing peaceful protesters in the gulag while declaring grandmas and school parents as domestic terrorists from January 2021 to January 2025. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (P5BPp) 264
95 You are nothing but a pussy in your mommy's basement.
Posted by: Lloyd Loar at January 15, 2026 12:58 PM (Mx+TJ) 265
243 My guess is, they don't want to find them, or know where it's coming from and don't want to go after them. Why, I will leave to your imagination, but if Mike Benz and Datarepublican can track it, then the feds can, too.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder Money itself is not enough. You have to show intent of the big foundations in funding illegal actions. That means a tedious rounding up of footsoldiers and getting them to roll over on the layer above them, then repeat until you get the kingpins. That is the limit of the legal process, it takes time, a lot of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and DoJ footsoldier attorneys willing to go YOLO on their careers to do this. You can go extra legal via Insurrection, etc. but that has its own massive downsides as in possibly provoking ACW II. Posted by: whig ------------ This is why Musk left. He knows, DOGE knows, Trump knows, others do too - but POLITICS. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:58 PM (AvfvA) 266
The third Obama Administration had no problem throwing peaceful protesters in the gulag while declaring grandmas and school parents as domestic terrorists from January 2021 to January 2025.
Seen in a farcbook thread recently: Lefty: How would you MAGAts like it if we treated you people like ICE handled Renee Good? Righty: You mean like Ashli Babbitt? Lefty: That's different she deserved it! Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (dK+Kv) 268
Dead governor walking.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (EyfuW) 269
I'll throw in a gratuitous prediction. If we lose the midterms and in the final analysis Trump falls short of main MAGA goals, i.e., deportations grind to a halt or judicial tyranny is never really addressed and we're still seeking redress from the Supreme Court on key decisions, a hardcore populist candidate, a sort of MAGA-on-steroids figure, will emerge to challenge Vance. No idea who that might be, but it will be someone to make Trump look moderate.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (b4LBp) --- If that's God's will, that's God's will. It would mean that the secular state is not going to fix itself regardless of your pipedreams it could. I only advocate what it seems that Trump is well within his rights to keep order to do. This is how bad we are off. Presidents a century ago would have been piling up the bodies of rebels by now. They *knew* the President had this kind of power. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (Q4cxx) 270
Get some buddies and rent a small fleet. Put on some sunglasses. Rush into neighborhoods as a convoy, wait for the poo flinging monkeys to show up, then leave.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (Yp6az) ===== I'm willing to bet that every black SUV resembling an ICEmobile has been off the screen for a few days now. Not "available". When serious coin is on the line in the private sector, no one is looking for trouble. That's why the Minneapolis-St. Paul Chamber of Commerce types are going to put a major squeeze on Frey and Walz. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (rj6Yv) 271
" a sort of MAGA-on-steroids figure, will emerge to challenge Vance. No idea who that might be, but it will be someone to make Trump look moderate.
Posted by: Ordinary American" I've said before that anyone short of Genghis Khan will be ineffective. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (vFG9F) 272
The third Obama Administration had no problem throwing peaceful protesters in the gulag while declaring grandmas and school parents as domestic terrorists from January 2021 to January 2025.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (P5BPp) ******* He had the MSM on his side to spin it in a positive light. This it what makes all the difference in the world. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (NpAcC) 273
>I hope Trump isn't bluffing. If he is -- pack it in, his presidency is effectively over
---- going wobbly sad to see Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 01:00 PM (ZxPkt) 274
Sadly Trump would rather talk a big game about Greenland or future actions instead of making the case for actual solutions.
Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at January 15, 2026 12:53 PM (UE0CA) Your ignorance is showing. Now....go get your shinebox. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 01:00 PM (g8Ew8) 275
269 I'll throw in a gratuitous prediction. If we lose the midterms and in the final analysis Trump falls short of main MAGA goals, i.e., deportations grind to a halt or judicial tyranny is never really addressed and we're still seeking redress from the Supreme Court on key decisions, a hardcore populist candidate, a sort of MAGA-on-steroids figure, will emerge to challenge Vance. No idea who that might be, but it will be someone to make Trump look moderate.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 12:56 PM (b4LBp) ===== Deportation won't slow at all under a Democrat Congress. ICE is fully funded through 2028. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO) 276
LOL, if those are fake docs, a honey-pot to trace out the antifa network, Imma gonna laugh so much.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 01:00 PM (HXT0k) 277
Sydney could be commander of the motorboat fleet.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ) 278
I am glad I am not President Trump and I am unable to read his mind. I am glad that if this had to happen it is happening now in MN and not in April.
If you aren't doing so already, please pray for President Trump and his cabinet- for wisdom, strength and protection. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (rZCVI) 279
>>> " a sort of MAGA-on-steroids figure, will emerge to challenge Vance. No idea who that might be, but it will be someone to make Trump look moderate.
Posted by: Ordinary American" I've said before that anyone short of Genghis Khan will be ineffective. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (vFG9F) SMOD/Cthulhu 2028 Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (3uBP9) 280
268 Dead governor walking.
And he knows it now. I'm reminded of Nixon in the last days of Watergate. Kissinger said he wandered the halls looking at the pictures, crying about the fact that he would be the first president to resign. I see Walz doing the same thing, except, you know, he'd be sashaying and doing jazz hands while he wept. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t) 281
ICE isn't devious enough. I would be running a high visibility decoy operation and while all the leftys are protesting that some illegals could be nabbed.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (vFG9F) 282
That is the limit of the legal process, it takes time, a lot of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, and DoJ footsoldier attorneys willing to go YOLO on their careers to do this.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:54 PM (WDjG6) ----- I think that most importantly it also requires legal venues which aren't infested by leftoid activist judges who will find any excuse to throw all the of cases out post haste, and juries in those same venues that would actually vote to convict the foot soldiers if the case goes to trial. As is said, good luck with that shit. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (5aZAZ) 283
That's...oddly specific.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (kgE5c) BORAT SPEAKS TO YOU. THE BEAR IS EVIL, PAMELA ANDERSON IS GOOD. Posted by: BORAT SPEAKS TO YOU at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR) 284
one saving grace in VA is that any amendment passed by the general assembly has to pass two consecutive ballots in general election to become law.
Even though we have one of those every &%$*ing year, it can still take years for the state constitution to be amended, if at all on any specific issue. Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (enw9G) 285
Lefty: How would you MAGAts like it if we treated you people like ICE handled Renee Good?
Righty: You mean like Ashli Babbitt? Lefty: That's different she deserved it! Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 15, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm) --- She was in control of a lethal window frame! I tend to counter leftist like this. Agree with them to mock them mercilessly. Human nature tells us that if you're explaining you're losing--especially if you're explaining to manufactured cretins. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:02 PM (Q4cxx) 286
>>>What rank should he give Sydney Sweeney?
Rear Admiral. Or Front Admiral. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon I'd swab her deck. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 01:02 PM (vzcgi) 287
Jeez, guys. It’s been a great 11 months, with unimaginably good results. And not even two weeks since he rick-rolled Maduro.
Hide your lighter fluid, take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy the show. We are living in history. Posted by: RI Red ===== This is the internet, everyone is a genius with a plan, everyone knows everything, and every situation can be resolved within the time of one tv show. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:03 PM (WDjG6) 288
SMOD/Cthulhu 2028 Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (3uBP9) *vaguely offended-sounding insane demonic rumblings* Posted by: Azathoth at January 15, 2026 01:03 PM (TbWk/) 289
281 ICE isn't devious enough. I would be running a high visibility decoy operation and while all the leftys are protesting that some illegals could be nabbed.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 01:01 PM (vFG9F) bingo, counterinsurgency tactics are required here for all we know, ICE is already doing this Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 15, 2026 01:03 PM (V6W16) 290
287 Jeez, guys. It’s been a great 11 months, with unimaginably good results. And not even two weeks since he rick-rolled Maduro.
Hide your lighter fluid, take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy the show. We are living in history. Posted by: RI Red ===== This is the internet, everyone is a genius with a plan, everyone knows everything, and every situation can be resolved within the time of one tv show. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:03 PM (WDjG6) ====== And no one has liked or subscribed! Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO) 291
286 >>>What rank should he give Sydney Sweeney?
Rear Admiral. Or Front Admiral. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon I'd swab her deck. *sits back, awaits inevitable poop deck jokes* Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t) 292
Its interesting with Trump deciding what to do about Iran and MN the stock market is...up
Which means they think he is going to make a good decision I guess... Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm) 293
Who would want to invest in commercial real estate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area when the pols there refuse to corral their Commie constituents?
Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (rj6Yv) 294
Just saw this:
reposted Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid Last night: The US signaled an imminent attack, triggering full Iranian mobilization. The Gain: Critical intel on radar sites, defense protocols, and leadership locations. Prediction: The US will use these insights to perfect its actual strike plan (will take another few days). I hope he is correct. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (t/2Uw) Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm) 296
26 whoever makes that gun safe, they've got a great advertisement here as it baffles the efforts of the crazed monkeys
Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (enw9G) That ad is probably infinitely better than the quack clickbait scam ads that pollute YT. Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (0GYGE) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (XuXeR) 298
This is the internet, everyone is a genius with a plan, everyone knows everything, and every situation can be resolved within the time of one tv show.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:03 PM (WDjG6) Spoiler: The TV show is The View Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (gGWDB) 299
The third Obama Administration had no problem throwing peaceful protesters in the gulag while declaring grandmas and school parents as domestic terrorists from January 2021 to January 2025.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 12:57 PM (P5BPp) --- This was Mediaite yesterday: Yeah, but they WEREN'T WEARING MASKS!!! What a practiced stupidity! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (Q4cxx) 300
Have Tucker and Candace weighed in on this yet?
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (77rzZ) 301
Deadly, deadly masks.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (Q4cxx) 302
I tend to counter leftist like this. Agree with them to mock them mercilessly. Human nature tells us that if you're explaining you're losing--especially if you're explaining to manufactured cretins.
Posted by: Axeman ======== Agree and amplify to absurd effect. Just what Aristotle mentioned, counter bad rhetoric with good rhetoric but avoid dialectic conversations with people that think and talk in rhetorical terms. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (WDjG6) 303
Lefty: How would you MAGAts like it if we treated you people like ICE handled Renee Good?
Righty: You mean like Ashli Babbitt? Lefty: That's different she deserved it! Posted by: Lindsay Graham *puts hand in coat pocket. Draw motherfucker. Because I've already got one gun pointed at you. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (FzgDV) 304
Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok Black Panther Party threaten to kiII ICE agents: “I’ll put a hole in their chest, the size of a window… we’re a little more aggressive now” “You wanna correct the ideology of the pig and the mentality of a slave catcher? You meet them with equal force.” https://tinyurl.com/2hhh6uhr Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (NpAcC) 305
Nobody sane wants CW 2.0. The left does not care about sanity. Be prepared.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 12:38 PM (dK+Kv) I think Dem leadership and their financial backers want to take it to the brink but not all the way. They want civil unrest and destabilization, sound bites and video clips that boost their odds in the midterms, not firefights in the streets and certainly not the arrests of those public officials fomenting insurrection such as Walz and Frey. Posted by: troyriser at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (DPeYO) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (Nx5jP) 307
Spoiler: The TV show is The View
Posted by: ... ===== Well played ellipsis. I think a ba-dum from a drum for that punchline is worthy for you. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (WDjG6) 308
294 Just saw this:
reposted Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid Last night: The US signaled an imminent attack, triggering full Iranian mobilization. The Gain: Critical intel on radar sites, defense protocols, and leadership locations. Prediction: The US will use these insights to perfect its actual strike plan (will take another few days). I hope he is correct. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (t/2Uw) Told my spouse that was obviously what the pizza signal was for...to see what they'd do and how for the future planning...but it wasn't for now... Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (tOcjL) 309
I hope he is correct.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (t/2Uw) I'd rather we smash Minnesota and California. Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (kJmLc) 310
Jeez, guys. It’s been a great 11 months, with unimaginably good results. And not even two weeks since he rick-rolled Maduro.
Hide your lighter fluid, take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy the show. We are living in history. Posted by: RI Red --- Endorsed. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:07 PM (Q4cxx) 311
*** Trump Threatens to Declare Minnesota to be in a State of Insurrection.***
Don’t threaten, Mr. President. Do. Posted by: RebeccaH at January 15, 2026 01:07 PM (VFung) Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 01:07 PM (vzcgi) 313
sort of MAGA-on-steroids figure, will emerge to challenge Vance. No idea who that might be, but it will be someone to make Trump look moderate."
Caesar, meet the Potomac... Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (XuXeR) 314
It’s 1983 all over again. The Pershing 2s and GLCMs got deployed to Europe and the Euro Left THREW A FIT (in many cases aided and abetted by the KGB). But…they were dealt with by the cops and otherwise ignored.
Trump needs to know and understand that we voted for throwing out people who have no permission to be here, and that if the Left throws a violent temper tantrum, so be it. Invoke the Insurrection Act against MN and kick their asses. Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (0GYGE) 315
Easy answer to this problem:
Stop all federal funding to Minnesota till they clean up the waste, fraud and abuse, and repeal sanctuary cities rules. Make THEM do it. No need for fighting and rioting - they either sacrifice the criminal aliens or sacrifice everything else. Minnesota and a lot of blue hellholes are literally insolvent without fed money. And they know it. People in Minnesota are still required to file federal taxes. The state can't impound that money - if they try, then the state officials get arrested. It's that easy - no need to occupy the streets, just impound all their federal funding, every dime of it. They have a billion-dollar budget deficit - this will blow that deficit through the roof. State goes bankrupt, put them in receivership, and impose a federal manager to manage the bail out, and HE imposes the same rules you asked for - no more fraud, no more sanctuary cities. Any bail out is contingent on that. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (tV890) 316
Once we take out the Mad Mullahs, all sights should be on Greenland. Oil from Venezuela will pay for all of this. Then, use the oil and the mineral wealth from Greenland to help pay down all the debt the Libturds have accrued.
Posted by: Diabeetus at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (ASvvW) 317
I'd rather we smash Minnesota and California./i]
The left is a bigger threat to America then any foreign adversary...hell more then all our foreign adversaries combined Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm) Posted by: Yoda at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t) 319
Send in the Minnesota National Guard?
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 01:08 PM (SSiCQ) 320
Steamrollers. Flatten the god forsaken place.
Posted by: wth at January 15, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS) 321
Agree and amplify to absurd effect. Just what Aristotle mentioned, counter bad rhetoric with good rhetoric but avoid dialectic conversations with people that think and talk in rhetorical terms.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:05 PM (WDjG6) I'll give Aristotle his due, but I came to that conclusion long ago on my own. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 01:09 PM (dK+Kv) 322
New one: New Nick Shirley Video
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (Riz8t) 323
There is more video evidence that the ICE agent was bounced off the hood of Good's car than there is that Byrd said anything.
Progtards pick and choose who to believe and who to distrust. And they insist you believe and distrust the same because because .... DUH! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (Q4cxx) 324
I hope he is correct.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (t/2Uw) I'd rather we smash Minnesota and California. Posted by: night lifted Embrace the power of "and". Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (FzgDV) 325
311 *** Trump Threatens to Declare Minnesota to be in a State of Insurrection.***
Don’t threaten, Mr. President. Do. Posted by: RebeccaH at January 15, 2026 01:07 PM (VFung) Roll in the tanks. Fly planes low enough to remind that sick state of carpet bombing. Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (kJmLc) 326
Tear up their railways. Subject them to 100 years of having to get absolutely every decision by the state government approved by the feds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e) Revert to Territory status. Posted by: Cow Demon at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (0GYGE) 327
Nood somali pirates
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (sKqQm) 328
Hide your lighter fluid, take a deep breath, sit back and enjoy the show. We are living in history.
Posted by: RI Red Problem is that we've seen this play out before in 2020. The lack of response to the Floyd riots is one of the primary reasons why he lost in 2020. That and the fraud of course. Posted by: Defenestratus at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (WYStd) 329
Everyone was abuzz yesterday about Judge Jumanji's idiot babbling, but the wide Latina also made an ass of herself.
Andrew Branca says: Sotomayor insists that the Idaho law banning men from women's sports is specifically targeted at trans people. How does she know? THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY EXPLICITLY SAYS SO, Sotomayor claims. Only to be shot down in flames by Idaho's Solicitor General Alan Hurst who informs Sotomayor that IN FACT it is REPORTERS who ADDED in BRACKETS the word [trans] in their REPORTING of the legislative history--the legislative history in fact NEVER DOES SO. http://tiny.cc/8lpx001 Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2026 01:11 PM (Yp6az) 330
This is the internet, everyone is a genius with a plan, everyone knows everything, and every situation can be resolved within the time of one tv show.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:03 PM (WDjG6) Whig, I almost forgot that we are Morons! Of course we have to overreact to Everything and The Latest Thing! Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 01:11 PM (LMRVO) 331
Just saw this:
reposted Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid Last night: The US signaled an imminent attack, triggering full Iranian mobilization. The Gain: Critical intel on radar sites, defense protocols, and leadership locations. Prediction: The US will use these insights to perfect its actual strike plan (will take another few days). I hope he is correct. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 15, 2026 01:04 PM (t/2Uw) Told my spouse that was obviously what the pizza signal was for...to see what they'd do and how for the future planning...but it wasn't for now... Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (tOcjL) But Trump is backing down on Iran! Reee! Calm down. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv) 332
repeal sanctuary cities rules"
That's funny. At least 10% of the population is illegal. Aleric's people are already inside the gates, welcomed, no, invited with open arms Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 01:11 PM (XuXeR) 333
Good. I want no ICE agent or LEO harmed by this nattering pink-haired lesbo mutants.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 01:12 PM (WONhk) 334
And no one has liked or subscribed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison Well I have, a bit behind on viewing though. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:13 PM (WDjG6) 335
Evidently, we have the same clowns (or their spiritual and intellectual heirs) setting the ROE as we did in Iraq.
Our losses there would have been halved if the troops weren't prohibited from shooting the little fuckers until one of ours got seriously injured. The fact that the entire area was deserted except for the one head 50 yards away peeking above the boulder was insufficient evidence that that SOB had his finger on the go button of an IED and deserved a bullet to the skull. Nope. Wait until he detonates it, THEN you can chase him. Water cannons and nightsticks, backed up by a platoon of M4s set to rock and roll. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (ibgwE) 336
Whig, I almost forgot that we are Morons! Of course we have to overreact to Everything and The Latest Thing!
Posted by: RI Red ====== Human vices. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:15 PM (WDjG6) 337
Insurrection Act has to mean Walz and Frey and their advisors get taken into military custody so that civilian courts cannot help them.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (GD2xa) 338
1) get a fleet of black SUVs. Enough for 20 convoys.
2) Put heavily armed guys in them. Two cars per convoy. 3) Drive around town with the lights on. Go everywhere, into every neighborhood, all at once. Just drive around. 4) Arrest anyone impeding. Forget illegals - focus on the protesters and rioters. Make them have to be everywhere at once. Anyone blocks the road with a car - arrest them, have the car towed off at the owners large (expense). Make the whole thing a pointless waste of time for the protestors. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (tV890) 339
going wobbly
sad to see Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 01:00 PM No wobbly shit! - Weasel Doctrine Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 01:16 PM (kgE5c) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:17 PM (gGWDB) 341
The lack of response to the Floyd riots is one of the primary reasons why he lost in 2020.
That and the fraud of course. Posted by: Defenestratus Facts not in evidence. If Trump had lost a lot of votes from 2016 to 2020, it would have been evident. Trump's vote share probably improved after the BLM crap and not overreacting to it. You don't gain 12-14 million votes by not pleasing voters in your term. It is the only time that a sitting president received more votes for reelection and still lost in history. Meanwhile, Biden's vote totals and the desperate last minute stop in counting for six states indicates that his 20 million more votes that Killary was purely a factor of ballots, not people. Your argument says more about your preferences than it does about reality. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (WDjG6) 342
Trump needs to send in helicopters that have large speakers in them that amplify the sound of machine gun fire over the crowds of ICE protesters. The scattering of the crowd would be hillarious to watch Posted by: Frank Barone at January 15, 2026 01:20 PM (IifOV) 343
Imagine if the Vikings won a Superbowl
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 15, 2026 01:21 PM (wBaIH) 344
144. The people voted for Trump. These are anti " democracy" protestors. They'll turn us into the slime UK, the shitty Britain's, who go to jail for FB posts.
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (kJmLc) 345
If Frey is taken into custody, feed him Somali food. He looked like he enjoys it
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 01:22 PM (Oql3v) 346
337 Insurrection Act has to mean Walz and Frey and their advisors get taken into military custody so that civilian courts cannot help them.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis ======= Even under that, unless the civilian courts are not functioning, they get habeas right to appeal in federal district court. And more than likely they would get it. Walz and perhaps Frey are well on their way to being indicted by the DoJ anyway. They are bit players, not the semi-anonymous heads of foundations, etc. funding this mess. This is more a situation for political siege warfare than blitzkrieg. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:23 PM (WDjG6) 347
340 Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:06 PM (WDjG6)
I thought you'd like that one Posted by: ... ===== Twas a perfect bon mot! Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:23 PM (WDjG6) 348
I'll give Aristotle his due, but I came to that conclusion long ago on my own.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder ======== Sometimes genius just has to state the obvious. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (WDjG6) 349
322 New one: New Nick Shirley Video
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 01:10 PM (Riz8t) Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 01:25 PM (SSiCQ) Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 15, 2026 01:28 PM (w6EFb) 351
30 So if the cops aren't responding this tells me TPTB want Trump to use the insurrection act. t.
Oh, the locals absolutely want it, because they think the people will rise up in righteous anger. I rather doubt it, so let's see who's right. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t) This manufactured 'chaos' in Minneapolis is a Dem op to create bad optics for Trump. Keep in mind the Dems are always prioritizing creating favorable/unfavorable optics for use on the webz and ABCCBSNBCCNN, The Dems expect the optics of Trump sending armed Regular Army and Federalized MN Natl Guard under the Insurrection Act will win them many moderate and minority votes this November and in 2028. The attack ad scripts are written. All they need is video of Trump invoking the Insurrection Act and of US Army troops busting heads in the streets. Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2026 01:30 PM (5rh/l) 352
Gotta love Walz.
He and Frey do everything in their power to amp up the violence with their rhetoric, and now he asks Trump to please turn the temperature down. They and the MSM should burn in Hell for what they have unleashed. Posted by: RM at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM (n/1Oj) 353
cuffs or a coffin
------- Sounds like my honeymoon! Posted by: ... ***** Perfect. The only possible improvement would be a Gomez Addams sock. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 01:47 PM (ibgwE) 354
All bluster aside, if Insurrection Act were invoked, could Waltz and Frey get arrested?
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 02:27 PM (XLfSN) 355
I hope Trump isn't bluffing. If he is -- pack it in, his presidency is effectively over and he's an early lame duck, backed down by trantifa.[/i/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's a bit... clickbaity hyperbole ? Nah, I'd say flat out INSANE. The percentage of people that would view it that way is you, Ace.... and... ? Good lord. In the art of the deal, this is part of a negotiation. It isn't an offer they can't refuse or something. Posted by: deadrody at January 15, 2026 02:31 PM (rDyqH) 356
Trump will continue being a pussy. Not very smart and wholly incompetent when it comes to this.Always no consequences. Does he want to end up in jail? They will likely jail him and his family as quickly as they can if he doesn't stop the spineless acquiescence It's not just being a lame duck Trump needs to fear.
The idiot should have went after the dims like they did the J-6 at the start of his second term. He's such a weird dude. Is he just a never can be wrong about something bad boy breaking unbreakable rules because he wants to be the dude who is one out 2000 and he can't give up on stupid? Is he being cowardly and won't lead from the front trying to leave himself legal outs? Posted by: jeremiah at January 15, 2026 02:56 PM (1Qk/u) 357
We have a lot of housecleaning to do at home.
And while we're at it, let's not start US military involvement in Venezuela and Iran and destabilize half the rest of the world while we're at it. Posted by: Zek at January 15, 2026 03:03 PM (MnWjI) 358
Time to start using Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets on these Bolshevik Scum Suckers and arresting those who support and fund them
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 15, 2026 05:04 PM (wGqjj) The Morning Rant: This Is What We Voted For!![]() The United States experienced negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in more than five decades as the Trump administration continues a sweeping crackdown on immigration. In a report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution, the shift was driven by a combination of stepped-up immigration enforcement, removals of illegal immigrants, voluntary departures, but most significantly a sharp decline in new entries into the country over the past year. And the President has managed this in spite of a rabid 5th column in his own party that wants to keep the gravy train of never-ending cheap labor running for a little while longer. The real question is: How many people do we need in this country, and what kind of people should they be? That conventional paradigm says that even asking the question is vile and racist, and the asker should be banished to the nether reaches. But our country asked that question for a few hundred years, and we know the answer. In fact we have a wonderful template for immigration...it's called "America Before the 1965 Immigration Act!" But for the foreseeable future a negative migration rate is just the ticket. It will moderate housing costs, it will improve the employment opportunities for Americans, it will decrease our welfare and medical costs, it will decrease crime in America. So what is the downside? That's a serious question! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated! Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Morning, CBD!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 11:01 AM (2UnvF) 2
Called em
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 11:01 AM (2UnvF) 3
Top 10
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 11:02 AM (TN0g+) 4
Poppy Bush is spinning in his grave.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:02 AM (abIsI) 5
I voted for negative immigration.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 11:03 AM (U2OZr) 6
US sees negative net migration for first time in 50 years during 2025
===== "These numbers are fake. Also Obama got even better numbers without the theatrics of leftists attacking ICE, so we know that these numbers are fake. Also, my very white neighborhood hasn't seen ICE raids, so they're not happening. They're just manufactured for Trump's base to make them feel like he's doing something, but it's really just a distraction from Epstein." Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO) 7
5 I voted for negative immigration.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 11:03 AM (U2OZr) ===== "You can't have negative migration and positive GDP. You must mass import the world to get positive GDP." -like...everyone a year ago Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO) 8
in spite of a rabid 5th column in his own party that wants to keep the gravy train of never-ending cheap labor running
Suggested edit. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 11:04 AM (0sNs1) Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 11:04 AM (0sNs1) 10
The argument was that we need millions of immigrants because they are doing jobs Americans won't do, at least at low salaries.
But as we've found most of these immigrants are not working. And even those working are mostly on various forms of welfare. AND the Americans they replaced are also now on welfare. So what did we gain here? Less then nothing - we've gotten an explosion in government spending and inflation AND crime which dwarf whatever supposed savings we are getting Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm) 11
Easy way to fix this.
Criminally prosecute any government bureaucrat at any level that approves any form of welfare for illegals. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm) 12
Minneapolis Rioters DESTROY and LOOT ICE and FBI Vehicles, STEAL Sensitive Documents, a rifle, and Ammunition While Local Cops Do NOTHING
Most urban cops do nothing. It's a day that ends in Y. Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:05 AM (abIsI) Posted by: Pojama People, Frank Zappa, 1975 at January 15, 2026 11:05 AM (oftw2) 14
So what is the downside? That's a serious question!
The only downside I can think of is if the emigration doesn't include enough Karens and their douche-knot "friends". Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (ULPxl) 15
6 - Obama only saw those numbers because he counted illegals he turned away at the border as deported. That is not the same thing.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (BCuCF) 16
10 The argument was that we need millions of immigrants because they are doing jobs Americans won't do, at least at low salaries.
But as we've found most of these immigrants are not working. And even those working are mostly on various forms of welfare. AND the Americans they replaced are also now on welfare. So what did we gain here? Less then nothing - we've gotten an explosion in government spending and inflation AND crime which dwarf whatever supposed savings we are getting Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm) ===== "If we don't import a shit ton of third worlders who undercut American workers through illegal wages which they then supplement with welfare, how will we fund Social Security?" Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO) 17
Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
It should be WILDLY poopular for the administration to round up and deport as many swarthy foreigners as they can, but they DO need to be careful not to turn off the straights, who don't want to see lesbians crashing their Honda Passports into other cars. It should also be poopular to go after the people MOST responsible for all of this... the Democrats who feed our tax dollars to said swarthy foreigners. That's a winning strategy that just might... MIGHT keep the R party from losing in November. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (dGCAG) 18
15 6 - Obama only saw those numbers because he counted illegals he turned away at the border as deported. That is not the same thing.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (BCuCF) ==== Of course. My comment was obviously intended satirically. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO) 19
Asking myself the question last night, if $700 + million dollars fled this country in the form of cash, how much has left in the form of crypto?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 11:07 AM (vzcgi) 20
Most urban cops do nothing. It's a day that ends in Y. Posted by: Maj. Healey Baloney! Nobody robs/loots Dunkin Donuts. Posted by: Chubby Urban Copper at January 15, 2026 11:07 AM (oftw2) 21
18, I figured as much but I'm tired of the liberal media touting Obama like he was the second coming with that tidbit of information. Thanks.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 11:08 AM (BCuCF) 22
Country's full. The moose out front should've told ya.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 11:08 AM (JkO4W) 23
So what are the impacts of deporting the illegals?
The reason for much government spending goes away. That doesn't unfortunately mean that spending will as well - I suspect the various welfare type government groups will just spend more on staff, facilities, and benefits for themselves Low skill work salaries go up. This will hit Karens right in the pocket as their "help" will now get the "living wage" they always said they should. Karen will not be happy Crime will drop Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm) 24
Attacked a DHS agent with a broomhandle? C96?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 15, 2026 11:09 AM (Kt19C) 25
It's not about cheap labor as much as it is about votes and scapegoats.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at January 15, 2026 11:09 AM (P7Iz+) 26
And money. Don't forget the money.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (P7Iz+) 27
If we don't allow hot European supermodels to continue emigrating to our country, who is Barron Trump supposed to date?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (nYv2H) 28
The real question is: How many people do we need in this country, and what kind of people should they be? That conventional paradigm says that even asking the question is vile and racist, and the asker should be banished to the nether reaches. But our country asked that question for a few hundred years, and we know the answer. In fact we have a wonderful template for immigration...it's called "America Before the 1965 Immigration Act!"
But for the foreseeable future a negative migration rate is just the ticket. It will moderate housing costs, it will improve the employment opportunities for Americans, it will decrease our welfare and medical costs, it will decrease crime in America. I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop. I was accused of wanting genocide and all kinds of other nonsense, although I don't remember being accused of racism, so that's nice for me. A rational discussion about what is the preferred level and composition should be possible without it turning into a leftist-style slanderfest. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t) 29
We should stop ALL H1x visa's. There is no need for them. Visa fraud is real.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (abIsI) 30
So what did we gain here? Less then nothing - we've gotten an explosion in government spending and inflation AND crime which dwarf whatever supposed savings we are getting
Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm) ===== "If we don't import a shit ton of third worlders who undercut American workers through illegal wages which they then supplement with welfare, how will we fund Social Security?" Posted by: TheJamesMadison GOP and Democrats until Trump created a tragedy of the commons for America--GOP gave their donors cheap labor and the Democrats, indentured servitude and political power via votes so that their governing client bases exploded for government agencies. Perfect example of bullshit weepy muh values while serving the grifting and donor needs of both parties. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (WDjG6) 31
Of course. My comment was obviously intended satirically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO) No! Really??? Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (dGCAG) 32
17 Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (dGCAG) ------- The problem is that the lesbian Karens and their soy-soaked fembois are throwing themselves in the path of the Federal agents tasked with removing said swarthy foreigners as if they were diving in front of snipers' bullets to save the president of the united states. Removing the foreigners is EXACTLY what I personally voted for, but we could all spend the next 9 months clubbing the left over the head with all the benefits of doing so and they would still call us Nazis and vote for their own destruction because they're fucking retards. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (5aZAZ) 33
> Minneapolis Rioters DESTROY and LOOT ICE and FBI Vehicles, STEAL Sensitive Documents, a rifle, and Ammunition While Local Cops Do NOTHING
--------- Trump put up a social media post on his Truth Social platform that insinuated he's about ready to drop the Insurrection Act on MN. Probably bluster... but IMO all the conditions have been met in MN for the Act to be legally enforceable. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (U2OZr) 34
31 Of course. My comment was obviously intended satirically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO) No! Really??? Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (dGCAG) ===== Sometimes, people don't get things. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:11 AM (GBKbO) 35
Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
I'm not seeing much of a concern level from the LIVs. Yes they say "well he could have done something else but shoot her!" but...they are already off of the topic. Though ideally yes, if she had been arrested, her car seized, and was looking at years in jail it would have been better - but ICE agents have to be able to defend themselves. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:11 AM (sKqQm) 36
This video, and the vast majority of comments, are correct, in that bearded Spock reality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVd8zmjPGrg Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 11:12 AM (0sNs1) 37
The rest of the world went Socialists to Marxists, who needs more of them?
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 11:12 AM (XOpK8) 38
Trump put up a social media post on his Truth Social platform that insinuated he's about ready to drop the Insurrection Act on MN.
------------- Don't really know, but he merely has to drop in on Minniesomalia. Imma guessing MN is a Red State that wants its state back. Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 11:12 AM (pLaQB) 39
Sometimes, people don't get things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:11 AM I DON'T GET IT. Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (0sNs1) 40
I'm not sure there's a less favored group in culture than the lesbian Karen.
The institutions love her, but it's like gender swapping a popular male role. Everyone knows George Floyd did it better the first time. Just because the writers need to see themselves in Floyd 2, this Time She Be White, doesn't mean that the audience will care as much. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO) 41
17 Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
____ I'm not aware that here or anywhere else on the conservative side that wants to see lesbian Karens shot, not even the stupid bint that drove her SUV into the ICE officer. But we understand why she was shot and, looking at the law, why the officer shouldn't be prosecuted. If you have some names, go ahead and name them. We can then judge if what they said was genuine, taken out of context or just joking. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (Dv3i1) 42
Downside? We'll be losing all those immigrants who, in between setting up fraudulent daycare centers, raping young girls and driving around drunk, are probably working on cures for cancer, hair loss and the common cold.
Posted by: Paco at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (2L+MU) 43
>>> 28
== I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop. I was accused of wanting genocide and all kinds of other nonsense, although I don't remember being accused of racism, so that's nice for me. A rational discussion about what is the preferred level and composition should be possible without it turning into a leftist-style slanderfest. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t) Sorry, I don't remember this. I'd think one difference between you and Billy G and friends might be, oh I don't know, how long you expect that to take and by what means it would be accomplished. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (ULPxl) 44
Globalist try to do many of the same in all europe Australia.
Did the globalist try any tricks on Japan? Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (EyfuW) 45
The problem is that the lesbian Karens and their soy-soaked fembois are throwing themselves in the path of the Federal agents tasked with removing said swarthy foreigners as if they were diving in front of snipers' bullets to save the president of the united states.
Removing the foreigners is EXACTLY what I personally voted for, but we could all spend the next 9 months clubbing the left over the head with all the benefits of doing so and they would still call us Nazis and vote for their own destruction because they're fucking retards. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (5aZAZ) Yes, that's the problem. There are lots of idiot voters in this country, who have had that video shoved in their faces day after day, and hearing how Lesbian Karen is the new George Floyd. It's a challenge to NOT let them take control of the narrative. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (dGCAG) 46
I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop. I was accused of wanting genocide and all kinds of other nonsense, although I don't remember being accused of racism, so that's nice for me.
Birth rates are dropping just about everywhere. Baring a war or deadly disease it will take some time, but just not doing anything will see a 3B population (likely still declining) in our future. And it is interesting that we can see some of the reasons for this birth dirth but it isn't clear what is the most important - feminism? consumer culture? work culture for women? and on and on Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm) 47
I couldn't remember who was President in 1965. I thought it would eventually have come to me but I was in a hurry so I garbled it. The result was heartwarming...after sixty years I have finally managed to forget LBJ.
Posted by: creeper at January 15, 2026 11:14 AM (80oeU) 48
If we let someone in they need to bring money with them.
We have enough bums. As a matter of fact we need to export the bums. Maybe Turkey will take them and put them to work civic projects. Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 11:14 AM (4rWc3) 49
Sometimes, people don't get things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:11 AM (GBKbO) I've noticed. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:14 AM (dGCAG) 50
Country's full. The moose out front should've told ya.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 11:08 AM *shakes antlers* No one ever listens. Posted by: The Moose Out Front at January 15, 2026 11:14 AM (kgE5c) 51
Baloney! Nobody robs/loots Dunkin Donuts.
Posted by: Chubby Urban Copper at January 15, 2026 11:07 AM Doesn't mean we don't want to. Posted by: Ariana Grande at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (0sNs1) 52
He needs to veto the current bill that brings back billions for refugee resettlement NGOs!!!
Banning immigration from countries is great, now shutdown the pipeline that settles them here so this can't be easily reversed. Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (LlV+5) 53
The United States does not need an endless supply of immigrants the way we did in the 19th century.
Reporting for duty! Posted by: The Moose Out Front at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (edrS1) Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (wn5dH) 55
the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
--------------- We could try it out and see what happens, rite? Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (pLaQB) 56
Birth rates seem directly tied to attitudes. If children are a burden, getting in the way of following you dreams, the population may indeed decline.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (pDt9x) 57
How many people do we need in this country, and what kind of people should they be?
Not allowing people whose primary religious imperative is to steals from, humiliate, and kill anyone who doesn't follow their prophet might be a good start. Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 15, 2026 11:15 AM (C0Nlv) 58
A rational discussion about what is the preferred level and composition should be possible without it turning into a leftist-style slanderfest.
Posted by: Archimedes ======= Probably because the civilized world has been decreasing at an accelerating rate due to fertility well below replacement. That means primarily the worst parts of the Islamic World and Africa are driving the increase in population. India in 2025 has just dropped to 1.9 this year. Israel at number 61 and 2.75 is the only first world country above 2.0. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:16 AM (WDjG6) 59
I realize data is not the plural of anecdote. But on the ground I have a hard time believing there’s been a net outflow of foreigners. I just don’t see it at all.
Maybe it’s localized and some areas are seeing it more than others. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:16 AM (kgFPv) 60
Country's full. The moose out front should've told ya./i]
The left: Immigration is a RIGHT! And we need those people here anyway to do the work we won't do and spread diversity! Also the left: Why is everything so expensive? Why is there so much traffic? Why are they building apartment complexes in my quaint little town? Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm) 61
*thinks of that meme with the goose*
"Why didn't she drive away when the meanbad ICE man was behind her, filming her license plate?" *NPC turns to run* "WHY DIDN'T SHE DRIVE AWAY WHEN HE WAS BEHIND HER?" Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:16 AM (ULPxl) 62
I realize data is not the plural of anecdote. But on the ground I have a hard time believing there’s been a net outflow of foreigners. I just don’t see it at all./i]
In my area housing prices doubled under the Junta, and they are down about 10% under Trump. Demand isn't the only impact on housing...but it is a big one Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:17 AM (sKqQm) 63
‘ rejecting our traditional immigrants in favor of new ones who had no tradition of hard work, individualism, education, and self reliance.’
That’s a darn good point CBD. The left calls us racist and says we hate immigrants. No, assholes. We hate THOSE immigrants. The kind that no one in their right minds wants to import. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc) 64
I ain't pickin' no fruit, peckerwood. I runnin' a Kwalitty Learing Center.
Posted by: A Somalian-American at January 15, 2026 11:17 AM (JkO4W) 65
56 Birth rates seem directly tied to attitudes. If children are a burden, getting in the way of following you dreams, the population may indeed decline.
Posted by: tubal ==== Male sperm viability rates have apparently been declining since the seventies. Delay in childbirth age for women also results in declining fertility. There may be both a biological reason plus social at work here. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:17 AM (WDjG6) 66
61 *thinks of that meme with the goose*
"Why didn't she drive away when the meanbad ICE man was behind her, filming her license plate?" *NPC turns to run* "WHY DIDN'T SHE DRIVE AWAY WHEN HE WAS BEHIND HER?" Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:16 AM (ULPxl) ===== Her intention was probably to drive around him, to get another 50 feet down the street and block traffic some more. She didn't concern herself with how her refusing to following legal police orders combined with suddenly pointing her car at an officer followed by pushing on the gas while her wife shouted at her to drive would be processed in about 2 seconds in the mind of the officer she was pointing her car at. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (GBKbO) 67
"The slowdown implies weaker employment, GDP, and consumer spending growth," the report states, adding that consumer spending is expected to fall by between $60 billion and $110 billion over 2025 and 2026.
this is like being proud you reduced traffic into a city because you’re in the process of burning that city down. People leaving have the means and opportunities to move elsewhere. This is brain drain. they’ll now move to Europe or Australia or something instead The same people who freak out about the US birth rate will celebrate this. One of the reasons I’m staying is out of spite for my fellow countrymen who want me dead. Fuck them. People who think immigrants are the reason for all your failings in life. Has your life improved? Trump supporters don’t care if the entire country fails, as long as they think they’re getting something in the short term. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (JCZqz) 68
Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
The majority of Americans want the government to give them everything they ask for without ever working for it, a big house, a spouse significantly hotter than is justified, fame, constant praise by everyone, and a weed free lawn. The majority of Americans are children. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (ExV1e) 69
For most of my adult life, maybe all of it, my US citizenship has just been an ear tag that has made it easier for the gummint to find me and milk me of my money.
Too white for welfare. too healthy for disability. too normal for a crazy check. too responsible to sire litter after litter of Struther's Kids. Too poor to donate to politicians. Too rich to get attention. Too straight to be a cause. too male to be valuable. too independent to herd. If I had turned in my US passport for a Somali passport 20 years ago I'd be better off financially. And people wonder why we don't cry when a bunch of skinnies get busted. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (6V14C) 70
Like El Alamein, it is not the beginning of the end. It is perhaps the end of the beginning. Stalingrad will be when we start arresting CEOs employing illegals.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (wGerL) 71
67 People leaving have the means and opportunities to move elsewhere. This is brain drain. they’ll now move to Europe or Australia or something instead
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (JCZqz) ==== How did the people from Somalia who immediately got on welfare get here, then? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO) Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (FzgDV) 73
55 the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
--------------- We could try it out and see what happens, rite? Posted by: Pudinhead I suggest a long term study on the subject. Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (abIsI) 74
>>> 63 ‘ rejecting our traditional immigrants in favor of new ones who had no tradition of hard work, individualism, education, and self reliance.’
That’s a darn good point CBD. The left calls us racist and says we hate immigrants. No, assholes. We hate THOSE immigrants. The kind that no one in their right minds wants to import. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc) You're welcome! Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (ULPxl) 75
Consider that every economic policy of the last 100 years has been to treat deflation as worse than death.
So, every prescription has been an effort to manage a "reasonable" rate of inflation, but never zero or less. There is literally no one alive who lived through a growing economy, robust tariffs and net out-migration. Or: There are less consumers for goods but those that remain have more money. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (HXT0k) 76
No, assholes. We hate THOSE immigrants. The kind that no one in their right minds wants to import.
___ I imagine there are a lot of stories being cued up about particular Somali immigrants that middle-America will see as the classic immigrant comes here with no money and is a fine upstanding citizen (who is probably also an 'activist' helping her community also). To counter all the Somali fraud stories. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1) 77
Warts, fumbles and all, President Trump is the best president of my lifetime.
I care more that he gets things done than that he does only what i want. Of course I claim to have "minimal personal politics". I care more about how people play the game. Which makes the Democratic party anathema to me. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (wn5dH) 78
rejecting our traditional immigrants in favor of new ones who had no tradition of hard work, individualism, education, and self reliance.’
100 years ago an immigrant in the US wouldn't eat if they didn't work (assuming they didn't come wealthy) Obviously this led to immigrants that...worked. Offering them welfare, which is more money then they could have dreamed of back home gives them every incentive to not work. And thing about it - if someone offered you the option to move to America 2 where welfare payouts were a multiple of the current American salary how many Americans would jump at the opportunity...? Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm) 79
72 So what are the impacts of deporting the illegals?
More young women/girls left alive. Posted by: rickb223 More cats and ducks alive at the local park? Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (abIsI) 80
"Literally every immigrant is a genius of some kind."
-it's a real take, Reddit Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO) 81
Of course. My comment was obviously intended satirically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO) How would you know? You can't read. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (g8Ew8) 82
81 Of course. My comment was obviously intended satirically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO) How would you know? You can't read. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2026 11:20 AM (g8Ew ===== I just bank on the keyboard until the red squiggles go aware. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO) 83
Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
Where would they prefer them to be shot? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 11:21 AM (JkO4W) 84
>>> 71
==== How did the people from Somalia who immediately got on welfare get here, then? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO) They were tired from building Somalia! Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:21 AM (ULPxl) 85
Posted by: 18-1
You can only see the amounts at the scale of a nation, not local areas because of mobility of people to where jobs and other resources are located. I do think we probably have reached some sort of stasis with the border secured, record low fertility at 1.62, and massive deportation campaign by Trump. It will take some time to sift down to the local levels though as illegal migrants move, H1B visas are not renewed due to costs, etc. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:21 AM (WDjG6) 86
People who think immigrants are the reason for all your failings in life. Has your life improved?/i]
Inflation under the Junta was > 10% a year. I fell behind even with raises and smart investing. Now? I'm making serious gains because my earnings aren't being inflated away. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm) 87
Sorry, Gees. I guess I wasn't paying attention to who was writing the comment. Don't pick on me. Damnit. LOL
Posted by: Jaimo at January 15, 2026 11:21 AM (BCuCF) 88
80 "Literally every immigrant is a genius of some kind."
-it's a real take, Reddit Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen Preach it. Posted by: Clock Boy at January 15, 2026 11:22 AM (abIsI) 89
I'd think one difference between you and Billy G and friends might be, oh I don't know, how long you expect that to take and by what means it would be accomplished.
As has been pointed out, with fertility rates below replacement, no action is needed, and that's what I said. How long will it take? Beats me, but if China is going to lose half it's pop in the next 50 years, I'd imagine between 50 and 100 years to halve ours. We're really in uncharted territory, since AFAIK, this is the first time in history we've seen so many countries losing population. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t) 90
In my lifetime… but certainly in the last 40 years it’s clear that immigration has been a big net negative for this country. I think we should have a moratorium on all immigration for say 10 years
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 11:22 AM (k0PcD) 91
“the report states, adding that consumer spending is expected to fall by between $60 billion and $110 billion over 2025 and 2026.”
Left: capitalism and consumerism Sucks man!! Everyone should just like a simple life without all the bourgeoisie trappings like they do in Wurope. Also left: Oh no the bad Orangeman made people spend less Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:22 AM (kgFPv) 92
A rational discussion about what is the preferred level and composition should be possible without it turning into a leftist-style slanderfest.
Posted by: Archimedes I suppose 'rational' means only those arguments that you agree with. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 11:23 AM (mlg/3) 93
And thing about it - if someone offered you the option to move to America 2 where welfare payouts were a multiple of the current American salary how many Americans would jump at the opportunity...?
Posted by: 18-1 That is why a lot of lazy leftists keep threatening to move to Canada or Europe. And ironically neither place particularly wants American immigrants and have much stricter laws preventing lazy ass Americans from moving there and collecting welfare. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:23 AM (WDjG6) 94
Her intention was probably to drive around him, to get another 50 feet down the street and block traffic some more.
She didn't concern herself with how her refusing to following legal police orders combined with suddenly pointing her car at an officer followed by pushing on the gas while her wife shouted at her to drive would be processed in about 2 seconds in the mind of the officer she was pointing her car at. ------ It was a Good shoot. I have zero sympathy. She played stupid games and won stupid prizes. We're at war, and this is the level of cannon fodder the left is throwing at us. Waste them and let's move on with this. Not one single time in my 60 years on this planet has it EVER crossed my mind that the thing I needed to do today was to drive my car in front of an armed law enforcement officer and harass them...for the entirety of my day. What the hell kind of life plan is that? She's toast because she was ultimately too stupid to live. Her girlfriend should be facing felony charges as well. I don't care about the left anymore and I certainly don't care about their feelings. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 11:23 AM (TN0g+) 95
I agree with Gabby Johnson.
I'm just saying that we give Civil War 2 a chance for a couple years and see how it shakes out. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 11:23 AM (6V14C) 96
Literally every immigrant is a genius of some kind."
-it's a real take, Reddit Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen Mostly at gaming the system, unfortunately for us. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 11:23 AM (JkO4W) 97
majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
— How about in a park? Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (kgFPv) 98
33
‘ he's about ready to drop the Insurrection Act on MN. Probably bluster…’ It might be bluster this minute but the Insurrection Act is inevitable. The ‘Rats will force it. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (jbnUc) 99
"How many people do we need in this country, and what kind of people should they be?"
None. Zilch. Dick. Nada. Efes. Zero-point-zero. If it was up to me, I'd be throwing out millions who are already here. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/) 100
83.
*picks up pencil and pad* Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (6V14C) 101
90 In my lifetime… but certainly in the last 40 years it’s clear that immigration has been a big net negative for this country. I think we should have a moratorium on all immigration for say 10 years
-------------- Let's at least go full Coolidge and make it 40 years (two generations). We have a shit ton of weirdness to digest as it is. Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (pLaQB) 102
Lesbian Karens Who Make Bad Choices
I don't want to see thousands of innocent aborted babies every day. Or daily violent crime victims who didn't deserve to die. Or the routine traffic deaths that happen due to other negligent/impaired/malicious drivers. There are more categories. They all get my broken heart. Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 11:25 AM (DgMqy) 103
How dare you!
Posted by: Greta von Emma Lazarus at January 15, 2026 11:25 AM (C9oTe) 104
if someone offered you the option to move to America 2 where welfare payouts were a multiple of the current American salary how many Americans would jump at the opportunity...?
I would only do it if I get to keep my American culture. No way I'm assimilating with people stupid enough to pay me to replace them! Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 11:25 AM (3g5Xe) 105
I suppose 'rational' means only those arguments that you agree with.
Posted by: weft cut-loop ======= I remember the thread, hurling accusations of racism and other insults rather than dealing with Archimedes argument is not constructive. More like leftist howler monkey behavior. Better to ask Archimedes how and why 3 Billion was optimal instead of jumping to muh racism, etc. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:25 AM (WDjG6) 106
I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop.
--- But for the depredations of government, this planet could easily support 40 billion. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:25 AM (HXT0k) 107
How did the people from Somalia who immediately got on welfare get here, then?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO) Shush...let the insane people talk! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (n9ltV) 108
If you thought you hated the GOP enough,
House Votes to KEEP Funding Globalist NGO Responsible for Global Censorship and Domestic Propaganda — 81 Republicans Side With Democrats to Kill Defund Push Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (abIsI) 109
That is why a lot of lazy leftists keep threatening to move to Canada or Europe. And ironically neither place particularly wants American immigrants and have much stricter laws preventing lazy ass Americans from moving there and collecting welfare.
Posted by: whig Not just Europe. Try being an illegal in Mexico and see how far you get. Your ass ain’t getting no drivers license or welfare or press 1 for English. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (kgFPv) 110
107 How did the people from Somalia who immediately got on welfare get here, then?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO) Shush...let the insane people talk! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (n9ltV) ====== Then...I should keep talking, right? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (GBKbO) 111
‘ he's about ready to drop the Insurrection Act on MN.
Probably bluster…’ ___ If he doesn't invoke Insurrection, and lets the Iran revolution fizzle out with no support, think the left will start calling him TACO again? Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (Dv3i1) 112
In my lifetime… but certainly in the last 40 years it’s clear that immigration has been a big net negative for this country.
One of the odd things right now is the left will ALSO complain things were better in the past. Now they blame Reagan or Trump but if you are a lefty you should have been THRILLED at the state of the country, at least at the point where Biden left office. You got almost everything you wanted politically. But...according to them America was still declining. This is one of those odd elements of cognitive dissonance the left has. I often asked "if you don't like the way things are now maybe we should go back to...the FDR years - that's when you said it was good? No gay. Few working women. Few immigrants....wait wait you don't want that after all?" Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (sKqQm) 113
A rational discussion about what is the preferred level and composition should be possible without it turning into a leftist-style slanderfest.
Posted by: Archimedes I suppose 'rational' means only those arguments that you agree with. Tiresome twat who completely misses the point says what? Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t) 114
113 Tiresome twat who completely misses the point says what?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t) ===== What? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO) 115
Regardless of how AoSHQers feel about it, the majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
--- She wasn't "shot in the street". She was shot in her car, indifferent to the life of an LEO, threatening his life. No one with brains should listen to people who smudge details. Saw a clip of Homan on me the press. His answer to the anchor should have been "That is a pretty stupid takeaway." When she asked him if "protestors should be shot". Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (wn5dH) 116
Tiresome twat who completely misses the point says what?
Posted by: Archimedes That doesn't sound very rational. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (mlg/3) 117
I realize data is not the plural of anecdote. But on the ground I have a hard time believing there’s been a net outflow of foreigners. I just don’t see it at all.
-- Little Rural Mexico, north of Houston (Plum Grove, of cartel housing fame), is far less busy than 6 months ago. And it's not 'cause they're all still on the usual holiday in Mexico. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (HXT0k) 118
I'm not seeing much of a concern level from the LIVs. Yes they say "well he could have done something else but shoot her!" but...they are already off of the topic.
Though ideally yes, if she had been arrested, her car seized, and was looking at years in jail it would have been better - but ICE agents have to be able to defend themselves. Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 11:11 AM (sKqQm) Admittedly, I don't pay any attention to corporate media, so I don't know how far the narrative has taken hold. But we've been here before. Your success or failure is often dependent on those nimrods who vote, and are easily swayed. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (dGCAG) 119
In my lifetime… but certainly in the last 40 years it’s clear that immigration has been a big net negative for this country. I think we should have a moratorium on all immigration for say 10 years
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 11:22 AM (k0PcD) Make it 40. From 1925 until The Swimmer Act Of 1965™, immigration was a mere trickle compared to the early part of the century. That was done by congress. We can and should do it again. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 15, 2026 11:28 AM (5xuJ/) 120
>>> 89
== As has been pointed out, with fertility rates below replacement, no action is needed, and that's what I said. How long will it take? Beats me, but if China is going to lose half it's pop in the next 50 years, I'd imagine between 50 and 100 years to halve ours. We're really in uncharted territory, since AFAIK, this is the first time in history we've seen so many countries losing population. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t) We're only what, 2 or 3 generations removed from occasional mass crop failures and resulting famines being a thing everywhere (and this is yet another reason the WEFtards are imbeciles, not just evil, because what happens if the industrial base goes splat)? Side note, this is a huge Thing for Sarah Hoyt, who is ... doubtful about population counts in general. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:28 AM (ULPxl) 121
I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop.
--- But for the depredations of government, this planet could easily support 40 billion. Perhaps (although I doubt it) but I was talking about what is the most desirable level. Obviously that's lower for me because I despise each and every one of you. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t) 122
House Votes to KEEP Funding Globalist NGO Responsible for Global Censorship and Domestic Propaganda — 81 Republicans Side With Democrats to Kill Defund Push
___ My hope here is that Trump admin can put a lot of strings on how they spend the money and force disruptive audits on NED. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 11:28 AM (Dv3i1) 123
I'm sure there is a theme and intellectual discussion value buried under about 30 levels of irony, sarcasm, and bitterness.
Too tired and depressed to find it today. Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 11:28 AM (6V14C) 124
As has been pointed out, with fertility rates below replacement, no action is needed, and that's what I said. How long will it take? Beats me, but if China is going to lose half it's pop in the next 50 years, I'd imagine between 50 and 100 years to halve ours. We're really in uncharted territory, since AFAIK, this is the first time in history we've seen so many countries losing population.
Posted by: Archimedes ====== Black Death is the closest comparison in recorded times for the Western world of such. We simply do not know enough about world pop before then even if we have good information about what happened in something like 1176 BC. But I do think a lot of the issues are distribution of population as much as it is size. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:28 AM (WDjG6) 125
118 Admittedly, I don't pay any attention to corporate media, so I don't know how far the narrative has taken hold.
But we've been here before. Your success or failure is often dependent on those nimrods who vote, and are easily swayed. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (dGCAG) ===== George Floyd worked so well that GA counted 300,000 extra ballots that never existed in 2020. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:29 AM (GBKbO) 126
The narrative in the msm is this woman was just minding her own business and then an I.C.E. officer for no reason whatsoever ever decided to kill her.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:29 AM (kgFPv) 127
Cars cause thousands of deaths each year. When you're behind the wheel, your controlling a lethal-capable machine. It's one of the few that everybody regularly uses.
That's not being simply "on the street". "On the street" comes from a dissembler. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:30 AM (wn5dH) 128
>>> 99 "How many people do we need in this country, and what kind of people should they be?"
None. Zilch. Dick. Nada. Efes. Zero-point-zero. If it was up to me, I'd be throwing out millions who are already here. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/) Why hasn't OrangeManBad made this guy an immigration judge? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:30 AM (ULPxl) 129
128 If it was up to me, I'd be throwing out millions who are already here.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/) Why hasn't OrangeManBad made this guy an immigration judge? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:30 AM (ULPxl) ====== We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade. He'd let in all the hotties. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO) 130
Male sperm viability rates have apparently been declining since the seventies. Delay in childbirth age for women also results in declining fertility.
There may be both a biological reason plus social at work here. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:17 AM Testosterone levels have been declining right alongside of declining sperm levels in men for a couple of generations. There are various reasons cited in studies that attempt to explain why this is happening but it appears to be accelerating. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (0N4FZ) 131
IIRC the bigtime Somali immigration started when papa Bush AFTER HE LOST THE ELECTION in 92 got us involved there for “humanitarian reasons” and we got black hawk down and our current Somali debacles as a result. Thanks a lot papa Bush
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (k0PcD) 132
How about in a park?
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (kgFPv) Or on a truck. Or under a duck. Or while they fuck. I don't like them, Sam I am, I don't give a good Goddam. Shoot 'em if they're on the lam. Or on a sheep. Or In a Jeep. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (8zz6B) 133
Black Death is the closest comparison in recorded times for the Western world of such.
We simply do not know enough about world pop before then even if we have good information about what happened in something like 1176 BC. But I do think a lot of the issues are distribution of population as much as it is size. That's a good example, and IIRC it took hundreds of years for some populations to recover. The biggest difference is that the current fertility bust is voluntary and has no obvious stopping point. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t) 134
The problem with any "rational" discussion of immigration in terms of who we let in will always end up with tribal knives gashing. Everyone naturally wants to import people like them, and keep out people they don't like.
Rational discussions of immigration are the same as rational discussions of what government spending to cut. It always devolves into some version of "don't cut mine, cut the other guy's." Which is why I say all immigration should be shut off. Just shut the whole fucking thing down. Nobody in. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (iFTx/) 135
Left: there are no jobs for anyone!!!!! And housing is expensive.
Also left: why of course we should import millions of foreigners every year to compete for jobs and raise housing costs. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:32 AM (kgFPv) 136
The majority of Americans want the government to give them everything they ask for without ever working for it, a big house, a spouse significantly hotter than is justified, fame, constant praise by everyone, and a weed free lawn.
The majority of Americans are children. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 11:18 AM (ExV1e) See, I don't believe that. I do believe the majority of Americans believe in working for what they have. I think the siren song of "Free Stuff" appeals to a minority, but it's a large enough minority to sway elections. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:32 AM (dGCAG) 137
>>> 106 I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop.
--- But for the depredations of government, this planet could easily support 40 billion. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:25 AM (HXT0k) That's a big thing. Culture is probably an issue too. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:32 AM (ULPxl) 138
‘ Her intention was probably to drive around him, to get another 50 feet down the street and block traffic some more.’
We can only speculate about her intention but she knew darn well the ICE guy was in front of her and didn’t give a 💩 whether she hit him. She may care now. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:32 AM (jbnUc) 139
We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade.
He'd let in all the hotties. And then bogart them all. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t) 140
If it was up to me, I'd be throwing out millions who are already here.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/) Why hasn't OrangeManBad made this guy an immigration judge? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:30 AM (ULPxl) ====== We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade. He'd let in all the hotties. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO) _ Well, if we are gonna let some of them in .... Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:33 AM (iFTx/) 141
139 We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade.
He'd let in all the hotties. And then bogart them all. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t) ===== "This dude would definitely start a harem." -after Elric's interview Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:33 AM (GBKbO) 142
I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop. I was accused of wanting genocide and all kinds of other nonsense, although I don't remember being accused of racism, so that's nice for me.
A rational discussion about what is the preferred level and composition should be possible without it turning into a leftist-style slanderfest. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t) Sorry, I don't remember this. I'd think one difference between you and Billy G and friends might be, oh I don't know, how long you expect that to take and by what means it would be accomplished. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (ULPxl) Eh, any such plan depends on either killing people or restricting people's ability to live the way they wish and/or yes 'genocide" even of the micro form by eliminating families from the gene pool. And exactly, which angels are going to run this "needed" program fairly and evenly? I prefer the old fashioned way- if overpopulation is a problem, which it isn't, Good Ole Mother Nature will handle it with starvation, disease and war. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG) 143
the bigtime Somali immigration started when papa Bush AFTER HE LOST THE ELECTION in 92 got us involved there for “humanitarian reasons” and we got black hawk down and our current Somali debacles as a result. Thanks a lot papa Bush
Posted by: LinusVanPelt — And less than a decade later his imbecile son decided to import millions of Muslims into the country post 9/11. May the entire Bush clan rot in hell. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:33 AM (kgFPv) 144
She wasn't "shot in the street". She was shot in her car, indifferent to the life of an LEO, threatening his life.
No one with brains should listen to people who smudge details. Saw a clip of Homan on me the press. His answer to the anchor should have been "That is a pretty stupid takeaway." When she asked him if "protestors should be shot". Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:27 AM (wn5dH) Well, the car was in the street, but that's not the point. The point is, people believe it, and those people vote. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (dGCAG) 145
We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade.
He'd let in all the hotties. ____ That actually would make sense, at least better sense than letting in immigrants that are 80%+ male like what Europe seems to be doing. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (Dv3i1) 146
We fought and won a two front world war with a population of 130 million. We don't need any more immigrants. If there is some particular person that we want, Congress can naturalize them by law.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (jc0TO) 147
126 The narrative in the msm is this woman was just minding her own business and then an I.C.E. officer for no reason whatsoever ever decided to kill her.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:29 AM (kgFPv) --- This may be controversial here, but i don't think he should have shot her. I don't think it helped him get of the hood of the vehicle or stop it before it hit him. He had the license plate. ICE have "general federal police powers" by statute. They could have arrested her later. I don't think the agent committed murder as he is empowered to use deadly force when he feels his life threatened. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (wn5dH) 148
Is JackStraw on vacation or did he get drowned out by pessimists?
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 15, 2026 11:35 AM (XLfSN) 149
Side note, this is a huge Thing for Sarah Hoyt, who is ... doubtful about population counts in general.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket She makes an argument but buries it in so much rhetorical crap that I find some of her posts tedious. She is not a social scientist nor a particularly rigorous thinker. As a result, too much reason by personal anecdote and arm chair analysis using tactics like argument from silence. RAH, who she quotes from Expanded Universe, actually knew what to look for to estimate population size in his trip to the USSR using imagery and logistics to argue that the USSR had less people than it claimed in the 1960's. We see similar estimations from some now regarding China's population. Sarah should have simply left it as many countries regard claiming more people as a sign of power so they are slipshod in population estimates and especially do not want to admit a declining one. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:35 AM (WDjG6) 150
Put it this way; no one, no group of people, even those here that grace us with their presence, is smart, wise, or prescient enough to determine with in a galactic yard what the optimum population should be.
To claim someone could goes beyond hubris. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 11:36 AM (mlg/3) 151
>>> 129
====== We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade. He'd let in all the hotties. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO) Require the hotties to culturally assimilate and eject at least one danger hair for each hottie admitted. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:37 AM (ULPxl) 152
97 majority of Americans don't want to see lesbian Karens shot in the street.
— How about in a park? Posted by: Really?? I could not, would not, in the park I will not shoot them in a car I will not shoot them or their fam I don't shoot dykes dear Trump-I-Am. You do not like it so you say. Try it! Try it! And you may! (... and he tries it ...) Say, I like this shooting dykes! I'll shoot them in the parks off bikes! I'll shoot them in the sun or rain I'll shoot them in their deranged brain I do so like removing dykes I think I'll go sign up for ICE! Posted by: Mirror Universe Dr. Seuss at January 15, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz) 153
Low crime rates, btw, are “White Supremacy”.
Or something like that, it’s Thursday, maybe that’s changed. It is entirely pointless to try and reason with these clowns using facts, logic, and reason. See for example the “Dr.” Vermin exchange with congress the other day. The entire basis of Western Civ going back 5,000 + years has been rejected. There is no benefit whatsoever to taking these clowns and their fairy tales seriously. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 11:37 AM (l4gBO) 154
Problem I see is much of “the right” looks at everything through a financial lens.
Oh GDP can grow an extra 0.2% with 1M immigrants every year? Let’s do it. Yeah fuck that. I’ll take slower growth but keep my country with 0 immigrants. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:37 AM (kgFPv) 155
I should also note, that if we had a population of 40 billion worldwide, we'd be fully green via nuclear.
And have extra-planetary colonies of at least 1 billion. As Julian Simon aptly demonstrated, there is no limit to natural resources, only human ingenuity. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:38 AM (HXT0k) 156
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‘ a lot of stories being cued up about particular Somali immigrants that middle-America will see as the classic immigrant comes here with no money and is a fine upstanding citizen’ Fine upstanding citizens? I bet there’s a dearth of such stories. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:38 AM (jbnUc) 157
The United States does not need an endless supply of immigrants the way we did in the 19th century.
------------- I am presently out hiking and just passed a truck & three young men -- working for a small business -- clearing out overgrowth for fire management between some rural neighborhoods. EXTREMELY physical work. All polite, fit, blonde, English-speaking All -American boys in their late teens or early twenties. And they're doing the jobs I've been told for the past 60 years that Americans won't do ... imagine that? Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 11:38 AM (6i/vI) 158
Well, the car was in the street, but that's not the point. The point is, people believe it, and those people vote.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (dGCAG) --- What's the picture you get when you hear "in the street"? Prostesters are "in the street" does that mean they are parked in their cars? No, "in the street" is true but misleading. She was in control of a machine that causes thousands of deaths every year. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:38 AM (wn5dH) 159
We all know Elric's dedication to 0 migration is a facade.
He'd let in all the hotties. ____ That actually would make sense, at least better sense than letting in immigrants that are 80%+ male like what Europe seems to be doing. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (Dv3i1) ______ Well, I would have to let in some stud muffins to appease the ladies, lest they start to think "hey wait a minute, this Blade guy is just importing a harem!" Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/) 160
This may be controversial here, but i don't think he should have shot her. I don't think it helped him get of the hood of the vehicle or stop it before it hit him. He had the license plate. ICE have "general federal police powers" by statute. They could have arrested her later.
I don't think the agent committed murder as he is empowered to use deadly force when he feels his life threatened. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:34 AM (wn5dH) I happen to agree, I don't think he should have, but that's the unfortunately consequence of people doing stupid things with their cars. And of course you could drive a fleet of Honda Passports through the difference between "should have" and "had no authority to." Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:39 AM (dGCAG) 161
I do so like removing dykes
I think I'll go sign up for ICE! Posted by: Mirror Universe Dr. Seuss at January 15, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz) Here's your golden fiddle. LOL Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:39 AM (8zz6B) 162
The United States does not need an endless supply of immigrants the way we did in the 19th century.
------------- I am presently out hiking and just passed a truck & three young men -- working for a small business -- clearing out overgrowth for fire management between some rural neighborhoods. EXTREMELY physical work. All polite, fit, blonde, English-speaking All -American boys in their late teens or early twenties. And they're doing the jobs I've been told for the past 60 years that Americans won't do ... imagine that? Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 11:38 AM (6i/vI) ______ Sure they weren't filming gay porn? Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 15, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/) 163
Well, I would have to let in some stud muffins to appease the ladies, lest they start to think "hey wait a minute, this Blade guy is just importing a harem!"
You mean like zombie Rock Hudson and superannuated Fabio? Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t) 164
No, "in the street" is true but misleading. She was in control of a machine that causes thousands of deaths every year.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:38 AM (wn5dH) Again, that's the point. Misleading is the essential purpose of corporate media, and if you are arguing that they are being misleading, then you're already losing the argument. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:41 AM (dGCAG) 165
So what is the downside? That's a serious question!
Posted by: CBD Lower rents mean senior landlords have less income. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 15, 2026 11:42 AM (Mt/k/) 166
As has been pointed out, with fertility rates below replacement, no action is needed
Let Americans be Americans for a while, instead of stealing their livelihoods and futures. Fertility rates will be no problem for the generation being born right now. Although it is admirable how well illegals and H1b's respond to free money by having large families, I bet we can do that all by ourselves. You know. Like history showed. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 11:42 AM (3g5Xe) 167
This may be controversial here, but i don't think he should have shot her. I don't think it helped him get of the hood of the vehicle or stop it before it hit him. He had the license plate. ICE have "general federal police powers" by statute. They could have arrested her later.
I don't think the agent committed murder as he is empowered to use deadly force when he feels his life threatened. Posted by: Axeman ======= This type of analysis is why Massad Ayoob says that people who do fatal shootings often feel the mark of Cain. Endless speculation of what someone should or should not have done regarding about 3 seconds of a person's life facing a deadly and probably unexpected threat. Had the officer hesitated, there is no evidence that trying to climb on the hood wearing gloves in icy slippery conditions would have been successful. Shoddy argument. Second, I think the officer was taken by surprise--he was actually documenting the lawbreaking by video and you can see when he drops the camera. He saw a fellow officer being dragged and an oncoming car, he had now one second to 1.5 seconds to react. He chose to shoot to stop. Cont. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (WDjG6) 168
“And they're doing the jobs I've been told for the past 60 years that Americans won't do ... imagine that?”
This has been one of the greatest lies ever told. I remember when I went to Montana for the first time in the mid 2000s. I was in shock when I saw white women working as hotel maids. Because my whole life growing up in a “diverse” city and living in a diverse universe that didn’t exist. It’s always been overweight Hispanic women who cleaned hotel rooms. That’s SOP in any city in America today.. And yet, oddly these white women were doing the jobs Americans never want to do. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (kgFPv) 169
I remember when I argued here that I'd like to see the world population decrease to about 3B, with a proportionate decrease in the American pop. I was accused of wanting genocide and all kinds of other nonsense, although I don't remember being accused of racism, so that's nice for me.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t) God: "Don't eat from this tree. Trust Me on this." First humans: "Hey! This looks tasty! ... Oh, no; there goes Paradise!" God: "Go forth and multiply. Trust Me on this." Modern humans: "No. What could go wrong?" Satan, Klaus, Gates all rub their hands together in glee. Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (FMtrg) 170
Lying communists would never lie about something so important to national pride as being the most populated country in the world.
Nope. No way they'd ever lie about that. Stop wondering why they built all those cities that are empty, if they have so many people. Or why, if they have so many people, they have to indenture and enslave their people to keep the factories operating. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (HXT0k) 171
Lower rents mean senior landlords have less income.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 15, 2026 11:42 AM (Mt/k/) Heh...business is business! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (n9ltV) 172
One of the big problems with migration is that we are no longer an agricultural country in the sense that agriculture is almost completely another mechanized industry.
In say, 1850 or 1910 you could make an argument for immigration because everybody in the world lived in agricultural societies with a best some early type industry. But, we no longer use whale oil, etc these aren't growth industries. Ignorant peasants are of no use to us. Third worlders with their low trust, violent cultures are of negative value. We have very narrow needs which should be narrowly defined. The gov't should be dedicated to the benefit of all citizens of the USA, not some yahoo eating bugs last week. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (iJfKG) 173
Why didn't the ICE agent just shoot the car out of her hand?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (jc0TO) 174
Put it this way; no one, no group of people, even those here that grace us with their presence, is smart, wise, or prescient enough to determine with in a galactic yard what the optimum population should be.
To claim someone could goes beyond hubris. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 11:36 AM (mlg/3) We might even call it "Playing God." Which our globalist overlords certainly enjoy doing. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (dGCAG) 175
MUNKEY Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 11:44 AM (y9nCu) 176
Trump should play up illegals getting cash means you are not. A little low class warfare.
Sprinkle in massive fraud for the win. Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 11:45 AM (cS1cw) 177
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== I prefer the old fashioned way- if overpopulation is a problem, which it isn't, Good Ole Mother Nature will handle it with starvation, disease and war. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 11:33 AM (iJfKG) Yeah, if there were to be a *plan*, that would be Big Stupid Government sticking its nose in. No thanks. Our current decline seems to be caused by a combination of natural forces and some NGO-type stupidity. It would be interesting to see what happens without the latter influence. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:46 AM (ULPxl) 178
Munya!
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2026 11:46 AM (Lk2kN) 179
I have seen leftists say the I.C.E. officer should have used a taser.
This is the IQ levels we’re dealing with. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:46 AM (kgFPv) 180
The media's narrative about Karen McDeathwheels is working... if people who nominally support ICE now have doubts about the shooting. Or had doubts to begin with and think those doubts have been reinforced.
Compare/contrast to the media's narrative when Kirk was assassinated. Or anyone else, nominally on the right. That woman had hours to reevaluate her path and make a decision to cool her jets. She didn't. The reason(s) are somewhat irrelevant. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 11:48 AM (U2OZr) 181
Well, the car was in the street, but that's not the point. The point is, people believe it, and those people vote.
----- Those people deserve to be *shocked* out of their position, because they're too brain-washed to be "educated" out of their position. The proper response to them is "Yes, she and her co-horts should have been arrested long before she escalated her actions into attempted murder by vehicular homicide." You cannot reason people out of a position they didn't use reason to reach. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (TN0g+) 182
Our current decline seems to be caused by a combination of natural forces and some NGO-type stupidity. It would be interesting to see what happens without the latter influence.
Except that EVERY industrialized country except Israel (and some not even there yet) is seeing the same trend. It isn't NGO's, it's what people choose to do when urbanization happens. We are by no means unique, and I predict that the Trumpian excision of NGO funding will have zero impact. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t) 183
NGOs
Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t) 184
Yeah, if there were to be a *plan*, that would be Big Stupid Government sticking its nose in. No thanks.
Our current decline seems to be caused by a combination of natural forces and some NGO-type stupidity. It would be interesting to see what happens without the latter influence. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:46 AM (ULPxl) I know Mark Steyn has written on this topic. Before him, PJ O'Rourke. Prosperity leads to poopulation declines, and nothing fuels prosperity like freedom and free trade. Governments, as they always do, get it wrong when they think a reduced poopulation level means we MUST import more swarthy foreigners. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (dGCAG) 185
Agents in deadly professions, like ICE, where you grab dangerous and evil criminals quite often, are trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Ga. FLETC.
They are trained over and over again to react and each one of them has to make a personal decision--are you prepared to take another's life to save your own or others. That means you are reacting to your training because without that decision already made, in a situation where a second is a very long time (see Tueller Drill), you can delay just briefly enough for someone to kill or seriously injure you. Justice Holmes got it right when he said in Brown v. US, "Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife. Therefore, in this Court, at least, it is not a condition of immunity that one in that situation should pause to consider whether a reasonable man might not think it possible to fly with safety or to disable his assailant rather than to kill him." So this is why anyone carrying firearms needs to make a decision right now and train for it about when and where you would use lethal force to deter an attack. Mas calls this In the Gravest Extreme, what would you do. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:50 AM (WDjG6) 186
We should stop issuing visas into this country other than 30-day tourist visas, with the penalty for an overstay 30 days of hard labor followed by summary deportation in the bilge of a freight ship.
There is zero need for any net-positive immigration into the US at this point. We're full and then some. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 11:50 AM (5aZAZ) 187
"Would it make you feel any better, Little Gurl, if she'd been pushed out a winder?"
~ Archie Bunker (sort of) Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo) 188
More evidence the country is in a tariff induced depression and we desperately need more immigrants to get us out of it.
— Existing‑home sales surged in December to the fastest pace in nearly three years, driven by easing mortgage rates and broad regional gains, despite tight inventory. Existing‑home sales nationwide rebounded in December, rising 5.1% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.35 million units, according to the latest Existing‑Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The increase marks the third consecutive monthly gain and the strongest pace in nearly three years, reflecting improving market conditions as mortgage rates eased late in 2025. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:51 AM (kgFPv) Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 11:51 AM (QGaXH) 190
Those people deserve to be *shocked* out of their position, because they're too brain-washed to be "educated" out of their position. The proper response to them is "Yes, she and her co-horts should have been arrested long before she escalated her actions into attempted murder by vehicular homicide." You cannot reason people out of a position they didn't use reason to reach.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (TN0g+) Yes, ultimately the point is, if you are going to conduct ICE raids, and you are going to take on protesters, do it in a way where you don't have to go on the defensive afterwards, explaining how the stupid idiot lesbian Karen got shot. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:51 AM (dGCAG) 191
>>> Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:35 AM (WDjG6)
Yeah, she can be quote verbose. I have the impression she spends a lot of energy trying to push back on implicit assumptions many people (herself included, she mentions this) absorbed during the monolithic commie monopoly on "news" and such. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:52 AM (ULPxl) 192
Satan, Klaus, Gates all rub their hands together in glee.
Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (FMtrg) Satan Klaus? Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:52 AM (gGWDB) 193
>>> 173 Why didn't the ICE agent just shoot the car out of her hand?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (jc0TO) LOL Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:52 AM (ULPxl) 194
190 Yes, ultimately the point is, if you are going to conduct ICE raids, and you are going to take on protesters, do it in a way where you don't have to go on the defensive afterwards, explaining how the stupid idiot lesbian Karen got shot.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:51 AM (dGCAG) ====== That requires buy in from the Liberal Karens to play a part that they seem unwilling to play. The ultimate problem, though, is the government that these Karens demand: their local and state governments that don't hand over illegal criminals from their jails to DHS so ICE has to go out looking for them in communities. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:53 AM (GBKbO) 195
You cannot reason people out of a position they didn't use reason to reach.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (TN0g+) You can't really reason people into anything. Humans are emotional creatures. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:53 AM (gGWDB) 196
195 You can't really reason people into anything. Humans are emotional creatures.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:53 AM (gGWDB) ====== Well, I used to think differently, but you've convinced me otherwise. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO) 197
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‘ The point is, people believe it, and those people vote.’ Wow. You’re right. We SHOULD ignore all the voters who see and understand what actually happened. Instead we should pander to a bunch people intentionally lie about it and wouldn’t vote our way in a thousand years. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (jbnUc) 198
LOL
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 15, 2026 11:52 AM (ULPxl) You laugh, but I've seen more that a few comments from The Retarded Left that he could've fired into the engine block. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (Y1sOo) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (AvfvA) 200
US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling secrets to China after being encouraged by mother
No Wei. I didn't sea that coming. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (FzgDV) 201
This is just an interruption to the globalist scheme of mass migration if Democrats or Bushies return to power
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (HGZZn) 202
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Wow. You’re right. We SHOULD ignore all the voters who see and understand what actually happened. Instead we should pander to a bunch people intentionally lie about it and wouldn’t vote our way in a thousand years. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (jbnUc) ======= We'll never win now that people know that Trump raped that crazy lady in the department store. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO) 203
Not understanding reality is the very hallmark of the Left.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (jc0TO) 204
203 Not understanding reality is the very hallmark of the Left.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (jc0TO) ===== I don't get it. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO) 205
There are days when I think the entire universe was constructed to test just how much I would take before flipping out.
Posted by: RI Red at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (LMRVO) 206
The media's narrative about Karen McDeathwheels is working... if people who nominally support ICE now have doubts about the shooting. Or had doubts to begin with and think those doubts have been reinforced.
Posted by: Martini Farmer Yes. As it always does. In the end, though, instead of folding and looking weak (like Rs do every other time, including first term Trump), he needs to double down and crush these people. It might hurt him a bit in the polls temporarily, but Americans like a winner. And if he convicts even a third of the crazies he arrests for various felonies (and continues deportations at a rapid clip), he'll hurt the Dem voter fraud and money laundering rackets. He'll definitely lose if he backs down, so he has to go full Trump. Invoke the Insurrection Act, arrest thousands of violent Karens, and see if the Left is willing to go the next step, which might turn the public against them. Or, we crush them and win. Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (JCZqz) 207
179 I have seen leftists say the I.C.E. officer should have used a taser.
This is the IQ levels we’re dealing with. Posted by: Really?? ===== Yes, tasers work just fine through windshields. /sarc These are simply idiots that emote rather than bother themselves with any logical thinking or facts in a situation. Same sort that think shooting people in the leg/arm or shooting a gun out of someone else's hand is a thing. Brit TV has a trope about shooting someone in the upper left shoulder area and they magically stop. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (WDjG6) 208
207 Same sort that think shooting people in the leg/arm or shooting a gun out of someone else's hand is a thing. Brit TV has a trope about shooting someone in the upper left shoulder area and they magically stop.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (WDjG6) ====== Time to call the mother-fuckin' fuzz. Sergeant Nicholas Angle, I mean, Angel, that is. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:56 AM (GBKbO) 209
Life Is Unfair: RFK Jr. Vs. Indestructible Trump's 'Poison' Diet
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr sat down this week with his communications director, Katie Miller, for a cute little MAHA chat. At one point, Katie dared to ask, "Who [in the administration] has the most unhinged eating habits?" Kennedy didn't hesitate for more than a second before shrugging, rolling his eyes slightly, and replying, "The president." "The interesting thing about the president," Kennedy continued, "is that he eats really bad food, which is McDonald's and candy and Diet Coke." Nevertheless, RFK admitted, Trump has "the constitution of a deity." "I don't know how he's alive, but he is… He's just pumping himself full of poison all day long." https://is.gd/JX2RvL Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t) 210
Yes, ultimately the point is, if you are going to conduct ICE raids, and you are going to take on protesters, do it in a way where you don't have to go on the defensive afterwards, explaining how the stupid idiot lesbian Karen got shot.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:51 AM (dGCAG) True but the agitators have have been trying hard to get someone shot. It was going to happen eventually. As Orchid mentioned, it's quite possible the community organizing reprobates have "educated" their genius ego superwhores that ICE only has rubber bullets. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:56 AM (gGWDB) 211
207 179 I have seen leftists say the I.C.E. officer should have used a taser.
This is the IQ levels we’re dealing with. Posted by: Really?? ===== He should have shot her and the "wife." Do us all a favor Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 11:56 AM (VE6XX) 212
The ultimate problem, though, is the government that these Karens demand: their local and state governments that don't hand over illegal criminals from their jails to DHS so ICE has to go out looking for them in communities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:53 AM (GBKbO) ------- Trump could be sending out ICE agents dressed in Easter Bunny costumes to award illegal immigrants a free all-inclusive spa weekend in Palm Springs and the lesbian karens would still throw themselves in front of them as if Pablo is going to be tortured and killed by his manicurist. Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 11:56 AM (5aZAZ) 213
The Supreme Court Can’t Dodge Biology
- I'm a fan of the YT channel aPauling News, a humorous Canadian site that looks at the current atrocities. The current episode includes the Supreme Court's contemplation of whether girly boys are just as girly as girly girls. He looked at several precedents that do not bode particularly well. For example, 100 years ago the Court decided that tomatoes, biologically clearly fruits, were vegetables in a case in which vegetables were taxed and fruits were not. So biology is not the end all and be all of everything. (Boy, if only we could have a fruit tax today!) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (sIUeL) 214
210 True but the agitators have have been trying hard to get someone shot. It was going to happen eventually.
As Orchid mentioned, it's quite possible the community organizing reprobates have "educated" their genius ego superwhores that ICE only has rubber bullets. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:56 AM (gGWDB) ====== $5 says that they're telling their agitators that ICE has no authority to arrest American citizens in any instance. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO) 215
1) why has Rebecca Good not released her cell phone video she was taking at the time?
She was right there, exact angle toward the officer, when she yells "drive, baby, drive!" 2) Why is no one discussing how neither of these two had regular jobs? Out chasing ICE all day--in the middle of a work week--while being able to afford day care. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (HXT0k) 216
We are by no means unique, and I predict that the Trumpian excision of NGO funding will have zero impact.
Posted by: Archimedes Excising globalist parasitism from this country would make us unique, though, wouldn't it? Let's try it. I realize that you have an ox being gored by all this- if I recall correctly, it's usually the loss of H1b's that gets you going- but we'll be fine. We're going to flourish again. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (3g5Xe) 217
You laugh, but I've seen more that a few comments from The Retarded Left that he could've fired into the engine block.
Posted by: one hour sober ======= Physics, how does that work--momentum for example. The easiest way to have stopped the lady is that she obeyed the lawful order to stop, get out of the vehicle, turn off the car. She would be alive today. Instead she picked suicide by cop, knowingly or unknowingly when she ignored the orders. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (WDjG6) 218
We should stop issuing visas into this country other than 30-day tourist visas, with the penalty for an overstay 30 days of hard labor followed by summary deportation in the bilge of a freight ship.
There is zero need for any net-positive immigration into the US at this point. We're full and then some. Posted by: ballistic We should find out what other countries do, then pick the harshest one. One year hard labor? Fine. "What do you mean we're not as good as Portugal/Sudan/Mayalsia/Singapore?" Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 11:58 AM (FzgDV) 219
Same sort that think shooting people in the leg/arm or shooting a gun out of someone else's hand is a thing. Brit TV has a trope about shooting someone in the upper left shoulder area and they magically stop.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (WDjG6) Brit TV has a trope where "talking" to the scumbag kidnapper rapist murderer burglar with the firearm gets him to see the light and soberly give himself up. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:58 AM (gGWDB) 220
12 Minneapolis Rioters DESTROY and LOOT ICE and FBI Vehicles, STEAL Sensitive Documents, a rifle, and Ammunition While Local Cops Do NOTHING
--------- Hey, I signed on to give out traffic tickets and nab the occasional burglar. Do you see a 'Mr. Dynamic' tag on my shirt? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 11:58 AM (AvfvA) 221
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2) Why is no one discussing how neither of these two had regular jobs? Out chasing ICE all day--in the middle of a work week--while being able to afford day care. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice Does it pay well? I need a temporary gig while I wait for my ICE application to be decided on lol. Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (JCZqz) 222
ICE did surge in red states over the last few months, by the way.
Memphis and New Orleans are key examples. No theatrics because the local governments got browbeaten by state governments to cooperate. Crime is massively down, especially in Memphis. The problem isn't ICE or its tactics. It's the resistance that's only there because the underlying concern isn't "the wrong tactics" being used but any tactics at all to deport anyone. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (GBKbO) 223
196 195 You can't really reason people into anything. Humans are emotional creatures.
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:53 AM (gGWDB) ====== Well, I used to think differently, but you've convinced me otherwise. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO) Thus the answer is "She kept looking for trouble day after day...she eventually found it...sucks to be her...wish she'd chosen a different path originally"... Posted by: Nova Local at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (tOcjL) 224
Not understanding reality is the very hallmark of the Left.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 15, 2026 11:55 AM (jc0TO) ===== I don't get it. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen By George, I think he's got it! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (sIUeL) 225
Satan Klaus?
Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 11:52 AM (gGWDB) I thought about changing the order to avoid causing a reader to make an inference, but I wanted to list in descending order of evilness. I should have used "Schwab" but that didn't come to mind until after I hit "post." Sigh Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (FMtrg) 226
2) Why is no one discussing how neither of these two had regular jobs?
Out chasing ICE all day--in the middle of a work week--while being able to afford day care. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (HXT0k) What welfare fraud? - MN Government Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (kgFPv) 227
The proper response to them is "Yes, she and her co-horts should have been arrested long before she escalated her actions into attempted murder by vehicular homicide." You cannot reason people out of a position they didn't use reason to reach.
Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 11:49 AM (TN0g+) I do think we have been making a tactical error, which several here have alluded to. Those coming in to obstruct officers should all be arrested immediately, which means a lot more officers, tow trucks, and paddy wagons available from the start. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (uWKK8) 228
It seems the Black panthers support the anti-ICE protests.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (bo6BT) 229
$5 says that they're telling their agitators that ICE has no authority to arrest American citizens in any instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison ====== Well, the rectification process is well underway for that one--lots of these assholes are getting arrested by ICE and charged for crimes. And the Stupid Karen getting shot and dying, despite the bravado, is going to suck some of that certainty among activists that they will walk away doing the same shit as Karen. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (WDjG6) Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (w/O5Q) 231
Yes, ultimately the point is, if you are going to conduct ICE raids, and you are going to take on protesters, do it in a way where you don't have to go on the defensive afterwards, explaining how the stupid idiot lesbian Karen got shot.
------ What does any of what you typed mean? What are you suggesting ICE should have done differently? She literally drove a car at an armed Federal Agent. How was this going to end any differently than it did? Hell, the only thing I quibble about in retrospect is why EVERY SINGLE BYSTANDER wasn't arrested as accessories and/or material witnesses. They had ZERO right to be doing what they were doing at the moment that dingbat lesbian committed suicide by cop. Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (TN0g+) 232
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2) Why is no one discussing how neither of these two had regular jobs? Out chasing ICE all day--in the middle of a work week--while being able to afford day care. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice Does it pay well? I need a temporary gig while I wait for my ICE application to be decided on lol. Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (JCZqz) ====== I saw some screenshots of Good's Venmo account (could be fake...who knows) that showed that her mother was fronting her a bunch of cash to cover cost of living expenses like electricity. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO) 233
228 It seems the Black panthers support the anti-ICE protests.
Posted by: Erebus I mean, they'll support anything that hurts the US, right? Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (JCZqz) 234
>>>That woman had hours to reevaluate her path and make a decision to cool her jets. She didn't. The reason(s) are somewhat irrelevant.
Posted by: Martini Farmer --- If the media would present the videos, edited for clarity instead of edited for the narrative opinions would be different. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (AvfvA) 235
Minneapolis Rioters DESTROY and LOOT ICE and FBI Vehicles, STEAL Sensitive Documents, a rifle, and Ammunition While Local Cops Do NOTHING
- Maybe if they saw a donut being stolen they’d act. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 12:01 PM (kgFPv) 236
$5 says that they're telling their agitators that ICE has no authority to arrest American citizens in any instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO) -------------------- Just like sovereign citizens. Just say these magic words and the police have to leave you alone! Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 12:01 PM (2UnvF) 237
I have seen leftists say the I.C.E. officer should have used a taser.
This is the IQ levels we’re dealing with. --- He should have reversed the tractor beam!!! Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 12:01 PM (HXT0k) 238
229 Well, the rectification process is well underway for that one--lots of these assholes are getting arrested by ICE and charged for crimes.
And the Stupid Karen getting shot and dying, despite the bravado, is going to suck some of that certainty among activists that they will walk away doing the same shit as Karen. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:00 PM (WDjG6) ====== Some are wrecking cars. Others are having their cars impounded. All while they're facing probably at least a few months in jail. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:01 PM (GBKbO) 239
"The United States does not need an endless supply of immigrants the way we did in the 19th century. We do not need farmers and factory workers to work the physical expansion of the country. We do not need to expand our domestic markets by importing new consumers, nor do we have the infrastructure to support those additional people."
===== For agricultural labor requirements, we already have the H-2A visa program in place. They are issued to migrants working seasonal or temporary tasks in the US and are issued through an application process that includes employer participation. Bottom line: we need to know who is crossing our borders. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:02 PM (rj6Yv) 240
Well, I used to think differently, but you've convinced me otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO) Think of the difference between what I said and "you're an idiot if you think humans base decisions on reason". We like to consider ourselves mostly immune to that base form of cheap persuasion, but that's leftard "entertainment and news" in a nutshell. If it didn't work they wouldn't do it and you're an idiot if you think otherwise. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:02 PM (gGWDB) 241
$5 says that they're telling their agitators that ICE has no authority to arrest American citizens in any instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO) --- My impression is that you're 100% correct that this is what Democrats are telling people. Minnesota Dems are prattling on about ICE's "illegal" incursion into their state. No such fucking thing. Fucking rebels. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:02 PM (Q4cxx) 242
One of the big problems with migration is that we are no longer an agricultural country in the sense that agriculture is almost completely another mechanized industry. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (iJfKG) Plus, expansionist socialist hell-holes need cannon fodder. In modern, post-Napoleonic times, socialist ground warfare is notoriously hard on the population, because they use revolutionary zeal as a substitute for training and tactical skill. The Nazis were probably the best socialist country at tactics, but frankly that had a lot more to do with their continued use of the Prussian model within the regular army. They would almost certainly have gone to the SS model of socialist zeal if the regime had survived. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2026 12:02 PM (y9nCu) 243
The leftists who want to destroy our peace, prosperity, and freedom WANT martyrs. They don't care about "spending" the lives and wellbeing of others in pursuit of their goals.
As long as people are living in freedom, that means there is power that is not in the hands of the left and they cannot abide that. Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (FMtrg) 244
White Christians only. Men who want to work. Women who are hot. Everyone else stay where you are.
Posted by: Diabeetus at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (ASvvW) 245
I saw some screenshots of Good's Venmo account (could be fake...who knows) that showed that her mother was fronting her a bunch of cash to cover cost of living expenses like electricity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison I have to act like a jackass in public AND bang the crazy woman's mom (who's probably a just a crazier, older version)? Guess I'm good. Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (JCZqz) 246
If I.C.E. can’t exist can we do the same with IRS?
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (kgFPv) 247
241 My impression is that you're 100% correct that this is what Democrats are telling people.
Minnesota Dems are prattling on about ICE's "illegal" incursion into their state. No such fucking thing. Fucking rebels. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:02 PM (Q4cxx) ======= "A DEA agent who sees a murder has no authority to go after the murderer. He has to call local cops and stay out of it." -the logic Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (GBKbO) 248
$5 says that they're telling their agitators that ICE has no authority to arrest American citizens in any instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO) I have absolutely heard that being said. You can't arrest me, I'm an American citizen! Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (dGCAG) 249
Just like sovereign citizens. Just say these magic words and the police have to leave you alone!
--- I keep seeing the videos, where these folks keep shouting these incantations, like they really believe the next time they shout it, it will work: "Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "I didn't do anything wrong!" These officers must be Level 10 Mages to be able to resist those spells. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (HXT0k) 250
I have seen leftists say the I.C.E. officer should have used a taser. This is the IQ levels we’re dealing with. --- He should have reversed the tractor beam!!! Posted by: People's Hippo Voice Phasers on STUN! Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (pkeXY) 251
"The interesting thing about the president," Kennedy continued, "is that he eats really bad food, which is McDonald's and candy and Diet Coke." Nevertheless, RFK admitted, Trump has "the constitution of a deity."
"I don't know how he's alive, but he is… He's just pumping himself full of poison all day long." - I note he did not address the pizza issue. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (sIUeL) 252
I should have used "Schwab" but that didn't come to mind until after I hit "post."
Sigh Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (FMtrg) Nah yours read fine I was just being a smartass. Surprise surprise. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (gGWDB) 253
248 $5 says that they're telling their agitators that ICE has no authority to arrest American citizens in any instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO) I have absolutely heard that being said. You can't arrest me, I'm an American citizen! Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 12:03 PM (dGCAG) ======== But, remember, the problem is that ICE isn't doing things right. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO) 254
I don't think there is a downside to negative migration. Keep it up for two generations. Maybe three.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (wzUl9) 255
I do think we have been making a tactical error, which several here have alluded to. Those coming in to obstruct officers should all be arrested immediately, which means a lot more officers, tow trucks, and paddy wagons available from the start.
Posted by: Tom Servo ====== Logistics and coulda shoulda woulda are not particularly helpful here. One of the issues is that the arrest orders are for specific addresses across a large metro area. Too big for force concentration like you suggest. So like American troops in Iraq in such missions, you always will run the risk of enemy massing to take out a specific detachment. Which is why you can have a flying reserve but that means minutes when seconds count. Insurrection Act invocation helps in this matter because you don't allow the left to concentrate and mass by using checkpoints, etc. to keep them away from areas of concern. Not perfect, but takes away the flying monkey reserves from being able to concentrate on specific detachments. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (WDjG6) 256
I keep seeing the videos, where these folks keep shouting these incantations, like they really believe the next time they shout it, it will work:
"Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "I didn't do anything wrong!" You're forgetting the phrases which comprise 80% of their speech: What the f***? Oh my f***ing GAWD! Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t) 257
From LibsofTikTok on X
11-month-old Harvey Mucklebust was suffocated to death at daycare in Minnesota. Daycare worker Theah Russell was just arrested and allegedly told police she did it for attention. You probably won’t see this story in the legacy media… Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 12:05 PM (Dv3i1) 258
I do think we have been making a tactical error, which several here have alluded to. Those coming in to obstruct officers should all be arrested immediately, which means a lot more officers, tow trucks, and paddy wagons available from the start.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (uWKK Cattle cars. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 12:05 PM (dGCAG) 259
255 Insurrection Act invocation helps in this matter because you don't allow the left to concentrate and mass by using checkpoints, etc. to keep them away from areas of concern. Not perfect, but takes away the flying monkey reserves from being able to concentrate on specific detachments.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (WDjG6) ====== Seriously, bro... Walz got a targeting letter from the DOJ. He has no incentive to calm things in Minneapolis. He has every incentive to make himself the face of resistance so that the left backs him no matter what he did illegally. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO) 260
The thing about the Earth's "carrying capacity" is that you can't really claim the mantle of Science unless you can recreate an effect or at least manage a control group.
Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (Q4cxx) 261
I note he did not address the pizza issue.
So you're saying pineapple on pizza is the fountain of youth? Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t) 262
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‘And the Stupid Karen getting shot and dying, despite the bravado, is going to suck some of that certainty among activists that they will walk away doing the same shit as Karen.’ Thank you, Dead Van Dyke. You saved lives! Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (jbnUc) 263
What does any of what you typed mean? What are you suggesting ICE should have done differently? She literally drove a car at an armed Federal Agent. How was this going to end any differently than it did? Hell, the only thing I quibble about in retrospect is why EVERY SINGLE BYSTANDER wasn't arrested as accessories and/or material witnesses. They had ZERO right to be doing what they were doing at the moment that dingbat lesbian committed suicide by cop.
Posted by: Crusader --- You need Paddy Wagons and Night Sticks for that job and, right now, society will not support it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (AvfvA) 264
Give us your women! Not those nasty dykes who try to run over LEOs. Give us your young fertile women willing to bear children and have families. If they are hot and moist, you're welcome. I'm a giver.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (BSdIE) 265
Satan, Klaus, Gates all rub their hands together in glee.
Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 11:43 AM (FMtrg) Satan Klaus? Posted by: ... I once got a Christmas gift from a dyslexic. Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (JQc6D) 266
I keep seeing the videos, where these folks keep shouting these incantations, like they really believe the next time they shout it, it will work:
"Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "I didn't do anything wrong!" These officers must be Level 10 Mages to be able to resist those spells. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice ======= Yet the howler monkeys on the left laugh at these clowns in YT videos but somehow lack the ability to apply such to their own beliefs. Common enough proof that humans are all too often rationalizing animals and not logical thinkers. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (WDjG6) 267
(Boy, if only we could have a fruit tax today!)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 15, 2026 11:57 AM (sIUeL) ---------- That was low-hanging. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (X4XpB) 268
I do think we have been making a tactical error, which several here have alluded to. Those coming in to obstruct officers should all be arrested immediately, which means a lot more officers, tow trucks, and paddy wagons available from the start.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 11:59 AM (uWKK I have offered this solution before. Big forklifts, like they use in auto scrapyards. They can move pretty fast. Pick up the car, Karen-dyke and all, and drop it into the box of a dump truck. Rinse and repeat. Drive the dump trucks to the impound lot, raise box, and dump out the car and its karens. Apply hickory shampoo, far from the lenses of cameras. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (8zz6B) 269
We had a guy eel out of the back of squad car in Salem OR about a decade ago, and on his way out he stole the full auto AR that hadn't been secured correctly in the front.
The FBI was in the next day staking out a couple of places he had scheduled to be. Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (rbvCR) 270
Walz got a targeting letter from the DOJ. He has no incentive to calm things in Minneapolis. He has every incentive to make himself the face of resistance so that the left backs him no matter what he did illegally. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO) Yup.. He gave that little speech last night all but telling the "protesters" to go after ICE.. If that isn't Insurrection" I don't know what is Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (VE6XX) 271
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‘And the Stupid Karen getting shot and dying, despite the bravado, is going to suck some of that certainty among activists that they will walk away doing the same shit as Karen.’ Thank you, Dead Van Dyke. You saved lives! Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (jbnUc) ====== Some will slink away. Some will get emboldened because they are soldiers. I think the net is negative for them, though. It's like when Rittenhouse shot those three antifa. Thinks quieted down real quick. Now, we're not getting quieting down now, but it seems obvious to me that the noise is loud but the crowds are actually just getting smaller. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:07 PM (GBKbO) 272
But, remember, the problem is that ICE isn't doing things right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO) None of us do. Why should ICE personnel be any different. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 12:08 PM (dGCAG) 273
What does one suppose these professional agitators are being told in their "classes" on how to resist ICE?
That ICE can't shoot them? Arrest them? Bar them from exercising their constitutional rights to protest? They're being brainwashed. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 12:08 PM (U2OZr) 274
Nah yours read fine I was just being a smartass. Surprise surprise. Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (gGWDB) Every comment section needs a smart aleck. {{{...}}} Posted by: Emmie at January 15, 2026 12:08 PM (FMtrg) 275
I don't think there is a downside to negative migration. Keep it up for two generations. Maybe three.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (wzUl9) This. There is so downside whatsoever. Its not like we have been getting the best and brightest. We get people from shit holes, and they're shit holes to start with because of the shit hole people in them. No downside to not importing shit holes. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 12:08 PM (snZF9) 276
Thank you, Dead Van Dyke. You saved lives!
Posted by: Dr. Claw ====== "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." Catherine Aird. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:08 PM (WDjG6) 277
Not only do ICE agents have authority over arresting US citizens, off-duty ICE agents can shoot you dead.
Posted by: zombie Keith Porter Jr at January 15, 2026 12:09 PM (Y1sOo) 278
261 I note he did not address the pizza issue.
So you're saying pineapple on pizza is the fountain of youth? Posted by: Archimedes An upside-down pineapple sign on your cruise room door will get you a lot of attention and make you feel young. Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 15, 2026 12:09 PM (JCZqz) 279
I think that the next target of crowd-source reporting should be to give an anal exam to Minneapolis' police.
If Walz wants to play the game of "this happened, so ICE is ill-trained", then we look at the likely plethora of twin-cities metro officers and shoot back, "Well, Mayor Hair is not doing such a good job of training officers--and you've lived with that longer." Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:09 PM (Q4cxx) 280
What if we keep a few hot latinas and deport some purple hair nosering karens in their place?
Just saying Posted by: ballistic at January 15, 2026 12:10 PM (5aZAZ) 281
279 I think that the next target of crowd-source reporting should be to give an anal exam to Minneapolis' police.
If Walz wants to play the game of "this happened, so ICE is ill-trained", then we look at the likely plethora of twin-cities metro officers and shoot back, "Well, Mayor Hair is not doing such a good job of training officers--and you've lived with that longer." Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:09 PM (Q4cxx) ====== Don't forget that the first Somali police officer in Minneapolis shot a white woman because she spooked him when he went into her backyard without a warrant or probable cause. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:10 PM (GBKbO) 282
Insurrection Act invocation helps in this matter because you don't allow the left to concentrate and mass by using checkpoints, etc. to keep them away from areas of concern. Not perfect, but takes away the flying monkey reserves from being able to concentrate on specific detachments.
Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:04 PM (WDjG6) ===== I see the current state of affairs dragging on for awhile until the DOJ concludes the investigatory process for X number of targets and starts the grand jury phase, which, btw, I hope is/will be taking place in the reddest county in MN. Then Walz, Frey, and the Minneapolis oligarchy will be faced with a fish or cut bait decision. Posted by: mrp at January 15, 2026 12:10 PM (rj6Yv) 283
nood
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:11 PM (GBKbO) 284
The problem isn't ICE or its tactics. It's the resistance that's only there because the underlying concern isn't "the wrong tactics" being used but any tactics at all to deport anyone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison ====== Yep. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 12:11 PM (WDjG6) 285
You need Paddy Wagons and Night Sticks for that job and, right now, society will not support it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (AvfvA) Which is what needs to happen: The administration NEEDS to win the narrative, to get the momentum going in its direction, to allow it to do the things it needs to do to fix this particular problem. There's a real risk of losing in November, and then everything goes up in smoke. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (dGCAG) 286
I keep seeing the videos, where these folks keep shouting these incantations, like they really believe the next time they shout it, it will work:
"Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "I didn't do anything wrong!" These officers must be Level 10 Mages to be able to resist those spells. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice --- Part incantation, part their narcissistic fugue from reality. "Why weren't you you using LARP bullets!" Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (Q4cxx) 287
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‘And the Stupid Karen getting shot and dying, despite the bravado, is going to suck some of that certainty among activists that they will walk away doing the same shit as Karen.’ Thank you, Dead Van Dyke. You saved lives! Posted by: Dr. Claw ------------ Yesterday or day before a clip was posted here of an altercation between two cops and three cars. The middle car driver pushed off one cop and tried to crush the other cop between it and another car. That driver should have been neutralized. They finally dragged the driver out of the car. Oh, isn't that wonderful, a non-lethal resolution? No. the driver tried to kill two cops. It was a poor resolution. No penalty for attempted murder by vehicle. That is encouragement to repeat. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (AvfvA) 288
Don't forget that the first Somali police officer in Minneapolis shot a white woman because she spooked him when he went into her backyard without a warrant or probable cause.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:10 PM (GBKbO) ---------- I believe he was still in the prowler when he shot her, and had to reach across his partner to do it. Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (X4XpB) 289
Every comment section needs a smart aleck.
{{{...}}} Posted by: Emmie at January 15 Just like every party needs a ….. nevermind. 😂 Posted by: Piper at January 15, 2026 12:12 PM (Wmg4n) 290
Don't forget that the first Somali police officer in Minneapolis shot a white woman because she spooked him when he went into her backyard without a warrant or probable cause.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:10 PM (GBKbO) ---------- Careful - ICE is rounding up Native Americans without warrant or probable cause. Newflash - being dark skinned is not probable cause. Posted by: Diabeetus at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (ASvvW) 291
He has every incentive to make himself the face of resistance so that the left backs him no matter what he did illegally.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO) This. "The satrap was discovered stealing from the emperor's purse beyond what could ignored. Faced with impalement, the ashes or the boats, he raised the flag of rebellion knowing his death was a foregone conclusion if he failed" Posted by: Kindltot at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (rbvCR) 292
Assholes online are referring to internal bleeding as "a bruise on his arm'. Left gets more stupid by the day
Posted by: night lifted at January 15, 2026 12:13 PM (kJmLc) 293
86 I keep seeing the videos, where these folks keep shouting these incantations, like they really believe the next time they shout it, it will work:
"Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "I didn't do anything wrong!" These officers must be Level 10 Mages to be able to resist those spells. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice ---- Applications of hickory is the prescription. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:14 PM (AvfvA) 294
These people have the right to protest.
These people have the right to voice grievances. They do not have the right to interfere with the lives of others, that is against the law. They do not have the right to block traffic that is against the law. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:16 PM (AvfvA) 295
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‘ Some will get emboldened because they are soldiers. I think the net is negative for them, though.’ I agree. Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (jbnUc) 296
I remember a police tactic where they notify targets that they have won a prize and direct them to where they can claim their prize. Do you think Somalis are smart enough to not claim their prize?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 12:17 PM (pLaQB) 297
Special uber pick up. Put them in special bag so knowbody can cause trouble.
Drop off at the door, text - Your package has arrive. Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 12:20 PM (EyfuW) Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 12:22 PM (gGWDB) 299
All of this discourse, some reasoned, some seasoned, on narrative, analysis of the game, woulda, shoulda, coulda, is messing with my high. All I want to listen to is the wailings and gnashing of teeth by their lesbian wifes, their soibois and their peasant mercenaries. Narrative? Fuck you....WAR!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:26 PM (vzcgi) 300
Could screaming, purple haired lefty lunatics be traded for beautiful and genuinely courageous Persian women?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 12:31 PM (8CIFn) 301
Tim Waltz is stiring up all these people to keep his azz out of prison. Its a distraction from the Somali fraud. His azz may be in prison either way.
Posted by: Megthered at January 15, 2026 12:35 PM (+auHU) 302
The downside is predictable. We are a consumer society. Our economy rides the consumer tiger. Remove millions of consumers and the economy is gonna break. It needs to happen. Getting rid of illegals is not all upside.
Posted by: JackWayne at January 15, 2026 01:29 PM (PcEmA) 303
for some reason the bon jovi song seems appropriate "shot through the heart and you're to blame, you give love a bad name"
Posted by: paulnjax at January 15, 2026 01:52 PM (PPnyU) 304
There is a car shop down the road from my home. They have lots of older vans so I went to see if they sell any. I pulled up and a lady came out of the office and asked what I wanted. I told her I was see if the vans were sale and she said, "no, we are a medical taxi service". I'm thinking these vans never move.
White lady. Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 15, 2026 02:24 PM (+HWD3) 305
Knowing the horde, this has probably already been pointed out. But America closed the doors to immigrants in the mid 1920s on the grounds that we needed to assimilate the big turn of the century wave that had come through Ellis Island.
So we essentially had NO immigration for 40 years ... until Ted Kennedy & Co. opened the doors in 1965 to the world's most incompatible people with the explicit goal of wrecking America, and twinned this suicide policy with all sorts of restrictions on trying to assimilate the newcomers. We Boomers were born in the Golden Era. Engaging and heartbreaking to see what our traitors have done! Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 03:38 PM (reMys) 306
And another thing! As a seasoned citizen, I called b******* on this line that there are "jobs Americans won't do". Absolute b*******. We didn't have any of these Goobers to do those jobs in the 50s and 60s and even into the 70s, or not very many, and somehow All of those jobs were filled and everybody wasn't on f****** welfare.
So that's another total lie that is relying on people having zero personal experience or historical memory. Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 03:51 PM (reMys) 307
Except for roofing in Texas
Posted by: Gonzotx at January 15, 2026 03:54 PM (nGraA) Mid-Morning Art Thread![]() The Orgy William Hogarth Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:30 AM (FzgDV) 2
Moon brother.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 09:30 AM (IhIKR) 3
yow!
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+) 4
Not with all those clothes on....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 09:31 AM (U2OZr) 5
This is nicely done
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 09:31 AM (XOpK8) 6
would hang
Posted by: Gref at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l) 7
Looks like an incest orgy. Hogarth knew how to paint only one face. They all look related.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (KDPiq) 8
Likely story
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C) 9
Ain't nobody nekkid.
Posted by: I was promised nekkid at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1) 10
Ain't no orgy like a fancy dress orgy.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (azVdX) 11
Not too many men there, must be girl's night.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk) 12
Corgis called
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (FzgDV) 13
For a orgy they aren't doing it right, less clothes would be better
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (XOpK8) 14
I see my wife in this painting. WTH?!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (ZTJjv) 15
guzzling the blackhawks' man seed from the stanley cup. must've been at kaner's house.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+) 16
The bonnets were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at January 15, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1) 17
More sepia-tone crap art? Very disappointed. And I can smell it from here.
Posted by: Discerning Viewer at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2) 18
What's the white stuff that woman is drinking from the cup?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (R86kT) 19
Woman / Man ratio seems quite adequate, although too much in the way of clothes for any real action!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (FpP3s) Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (cYBz/) 21
Not too many men there, must be girl's night.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz I'm seeing one, maybe two. Must have been a Tuesday. Taco Tuesday. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (FzgDV) 22
Love Hogarth’s engravings.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (p0/TZ) 23
They all have the same face. Very creepy. Is this why they made the law against first cousins mating?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 09:35 AM (UNPQr) 24
So, the set for "Walking on Broken Glass"?
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:35 AM (XuXeR) 25
Where's the Minotaurs?
Posted by: Dairyland Dan at January 15, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2) 26
Let's be fair... perhaps the orgy was just starting. Check back in a couple of hours when the women have had time to actually take off their 85 layers of clothing.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:36 AM (IG3/x) 27
Wiki-
Also know as Tavern Scene. The picture, which draws from the merry company tradition of painting, shows the beginning of Tom Rakewell's way down. It depicts a riotous scene on the combined brothel and the restaurant Rose Tavern at Drury Lane in Covent Garden at three o'clock in the morning The protagonist Tom, drunk with his sword at his side and surrounded by prostitutes, is sprawling in a chair, with one foot on a table. Beside him is a rod and lantern, which he stole during his nocturnal wanderings in the streets.Two of the women are stealing Tom's watch. In the doorway a female street singer makes an appearance A Rake's Progress, Plate 3, The Tavern Scene, engraving with etching, 1735 On one of the walls, hangs a world map and framed prints of among others the Roman emperors Augustus, Titus, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC) 28
What's the white stuff that woman is drinking from the cup?"
I wanna know what the broad in the back is doing w/the candlestick??? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:36 AM (XuXeR) 29
25 at the morning glory milk farm.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+) 30
Trying to discern if the two ladies on the right are stealing from the woozy-looking fellow or passing a vial to drug him (some more?).
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (azVdX) 31
How many dumpsters would you have to rummage through to find a painting this bad?
Posted by: Vibrant Art Maven! at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2) 32
Reminds me of the very underrated movie IMO, Moll Flanders with Robin Wright.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (KDPiq) 33
It's not gonna be an orgy! It's a Roman Toga party.
Posted by: Brother Boon at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX) 34
It depicts a riotous scene on the combined brothel and the restaurant Rose Tavern at Drury Lane in Covent Garden at three o'clock in the morning
_____ Do they know the Muffin Man? Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (Dv3i1) 35
Keep it up, dude, and you'll wind up in Bedlam.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 15, 2026 09:38 AM (X4XpB) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:38 AM (XuXeR) 37
AKA "Syphilis for All"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 09:38 AM (ESVrU) 38
I do not think he knows what that word means.
Posted by: Indigo at January 15, 2026 09:38 AM (Q+gd/) 39
Can't be an Andrew Gillum Orgy because there are women involved. Wouldn't want to be the maid in any case.
Posted by: Microbial Soup To Nuts at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2) 40
> Do they know the Muffin Man?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (Dv3i1) More like Man in Muff, I'd say. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (IG3/x) 41
What's the woman in the back doing near the painting? Adjusting the peep holes? Lighting it on fire?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX) 42
More of a pre-orgy.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K) 43
Them gals is a bit overdressed for an orgy. I don't even see a single bare boob. Is that just two lucky guys, though?
Posted by: mindful webworker - looking out for what's important at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (FMpsC) 44
It depicts a riotous scene on the combined brothel and the restaurant Rose Tavern at Drury Lane in Covent Garden at three o'clock in the morning
_____ Do they know the Muffin Man? Posted by: Chuck Martel The Muffin Man? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (FzgDV) 45
It's not gonna be an orgy! It's a Roman Toga party.
Posted by: Brother Boon" *looks at smashed guitar* "Sorry" Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (XuXeR) 46
Looks like Manchester, England on Saturday night.
I guess some things never changes. Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 09:40 AM (4rWc3) 47
Lot of clothes for an orgy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:40 AM (JkO4W) 48
28 she's setting the palisades portion of the map on fire.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+) 49
"The Orgy" must have had a second season, maybe entitled "The Orgy, This Time We aren't Kidding"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:41 AM (IJ38I) 50
What's the opposite of a Sausage Party? Cuz thats what this is.
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 09:41 AM (0e5Te) 51
It depicts a riotous scene on the combined brothel and the restaurant Rose Tavern at Drury Lane in Covent Garden at three o'clock in the morning
_____ Do they know the Muffin Man? Posted by: Chuck Martel The Muffin Man? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (FzgDV) Colonel Angus? Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX) 52
Everybody is wearing one heck of a lotta clothes for an orgy!
This must be the early stages, before everybody gets completely drunk and nekkid. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:41 AM (XuXeR) 54
Someone needs to break out the Twister mat to get this party started.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:42 AM (JkO4W) 55
Do they know the Muffin Man?
Posted by: Chuck Martel The Muffin Man? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM (FzgDV) -------- The Muffin Man! Posted by: Gingerbread Man at January 15, 2026 09:42 AM (X4XpB) 56
40 thought he was a man
but he was a muffin Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+) 57
Lot of clothes for an orgy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:40 AM (JkO4W) ******* Wait till four o'clock in the morning. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC) 58
That is too much just for an orgy.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 09:43 AM (EyfuW) 59
Pawn jumps queen...
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 15, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K) 60
The woman in back must be working the leader board. Hard to keep track of who's doing who. IYKWIM
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 09:43 AM (U2OZr) 61
20 More gals than dudes!
America is a great country!! Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (cYBz/) ----------- Two girls for every boy. Posted by: The Beach Boys at January 15, 2026 09:43 AM (JkO4W) 62
Everybody is wearing one heck of a lotta clothes for an orgy!
This must be the early stages, before everybody gets completely drunk and nekkid. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9) Yeah - the artist came too soon Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (dP47V) 63
Lot of clothes for an orgy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) ******* Wait till four o'clock in the morning. Posted by: redridinghood Is that when the women get down to their final layers? Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (azVdX) 64
The chick in the front left looks like she wants to wriggle out of what's left of her dress.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (IJ38I) 65
It depicts a riotous scene on the combined brothel and the restaurant Rose Tavern at Drury Lane in Covent Garden at three o'clock in the morning
_____ Do they know the Muffin Man? Posted by: Chuck Martel The Muffin Man? Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:39 AM The Muffin Man! Posted by: Gingy at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c) 66
53 scissor fest.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+) 67
The Muffin is the Prince of Foods, bagels notwithstanding.
Posted by: Frank Zappa, 1974 at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2) Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (iozMe) 69
Someone needs to break out the Twister mat to get this party started.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:42 AM (JkO4W) ****** Spin the bottle. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC) 70
I am virtually certain the dog has long since gone upstairs to bed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (IJ38I) Posted by: Tyler/Perry/Whitford/Hamilton/Kramer at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (IG3/x) 72
Rose Tavern at Drury Lane in Covent Garden
No we haven't seen the "muffin man". Wait 'til he comes back up for air Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (gKWVE) 73
Yeah - the artist came too soon
Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM That's always the way. Posted by: Lilly von Schtupp at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c) 74
In my sheltered life, I have never even heard of an actual orgy taking place. Just the stuff of fantasies and Penthouse Letters.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX) 75
I see absolutely no togas.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 09:45 AM (pLaQB) Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 09:45 AM (EyfuW) 77
This is really just a typical meeting of the Over 55 Club. They're choosing pickleball teams for the upcoming season.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (JkO4W) 78
> 69 Someone needs to break out the Twister mat to get this party started.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:42 AM (JkO4W) ****** Spin the bottle. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC) Big sheet of plastic ground cover and a couple of gallon bottles of Wesson Oil. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x) 79
I can only imagine the odor. Like a dumpster behind a Red Lobster on a hot July day.
Posted by: fish monger at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (jtU+O) 80
Wayne Brady ancestor in the back ready to "choke a bitch"
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (Y1sOo) 81
A typical Friday night for me...
Posted by: Hunter Biden, sex pest at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (aP8y5) 82
Where's Rick James?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (pLaQB) 83
67 some people, some people prefer cup cakes.
i, for one, care less for them. Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+) 84
No birth control, no penicillin, no Lume, wouldn't want to be anywhere near that "tavern".
Posted by: Festering Boyle at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2) 85
What's the white stuff that woman is drinking from the cup?
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 15, 2026 *** Eggnog. It's a Christmas orgy. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9) 86
Two guys, ten wimmen, ratio is good, but action seems a bit slow.
Might be all the clothes. Posted by: From about That Time at January 15, 2026 09:46 AM (sl73Y) 87
From a pictorial series about the dissipation of an old-timey Hunter Biden. This is the 17th century SNCTM club, and he's about to be banned for life after dropping a digit on the 17th century Bill Maher.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 15, 2026 09:47 AM (BI5O2) 88
Looks more like a Hen Party than an orgy.
Posted by: With entirely too much clothing at January 15, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1) 89
There's a dimly lit fella in the back left holding either a giant cymbal or a golden-hued giant platter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX) 90
Looks nothing like Subic City.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 09:47 AM (pLaQB) 91
No phone, no lights, no motorcar, not a single luxury...
Posted by: ....Primitive As Can Be at January 15, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2) 92
70 upstairs playing poker.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+) 93
Nothing says "orgy" like a bunch of elderly women in bonnets.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:48 AM (JkO4W) 94
Hogarth, for all his talent (look at his straight portraits) is not a lot of laughs or even pleasant. This is a prime example. The colors are dull and give an impression of dank mold. For all the activity of drinking, gambling and flirting, there is no feeling of joy or pleasure, just calculation, waste, and performance. The woman front left getting undressed is knows what she is doing and is preparing for it like an actor getting ready for a role. The drunken men won't even remember the next day.
It is an effective painting in the sense that Hogarth gets his point across but why would anyone want to view it. Posted by: JTB at January 15, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw) 95
> Looks like an incest orgy.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (KDPiq) I saw Incest Orgy open for the Vomit Pigs in a punk club in Dallas back in '75. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:49 AM (IG3/x) 96
The title of this painting is Scene in a Tavern (The Orgy) (1732 – 1735). In other words it's not even taking place in a private home. I hope the proprietor has a sign on the door, "Closed for Private Party"!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9) 97
Wanna see my dusty muffin?
Posted by: Betty White at January 15, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1) 98
84 "it's a letter"
Posted by: peter boyle at January 15, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+) 99
The guy at center with his hand on the woman's throat does not look like he has love on his mind.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9) 100
So predicktable
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 15, 2026 09:51 AM (WQDw6) 101
Obviously early in the orgy, nobody is butt naked.
Would hang though it's somewhat dark . Thx CBD Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 09:51 AM (Oql3v) Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 09:52 AM (tgvbd) 103
Would be completely inappropriate for the breakfast bar at the Days Inn.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 15, 2026 09:52 AM (JkO4W) 104
Truly a more genteel time.
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 15, 2026 09:52 AM (Vnvur) 105
No birth control, no penicillin, no Lume, wouldn't want to be anywhere near that "tavern".
Posted by: Festering Boyle ====== The 30 minute process of disrobing would hopefully allow for some risk/reward thoughts to break through. Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 15, 2026 09:52 AM (8AONa) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR) 107
Monkeypox epicenter
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 09:53 AM (LlV+5) 108
From Truth Social:
If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT Doo eet! Drop the 101st Airborne in. Rather, drop in the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Kick some real ass. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:53 AM (FzgDV) 109
Orgy, but no dog. Not art.
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 15, 2026 09:52 AM (tgvbd) --- That's probably for the best. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 09:53 AM (ESVrU) 110
The drunk guy looks a lot like William Katt of Greatest American Hero.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9) 111
Would be completely inappropriate for the breakfast bar at the Days Inn.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) Might work for the Embassy Suites complementary happy hour. Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 15, 2026 09:54 AM (azVdX) 112
Big sheet of plastic ground cover and a couple of gallon bottles of Wesson Oil.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia Now yer talkin' my language... Wait, nevermind. Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at January 15, 2026 09:54 AM (mlg/3) 113
> I saw Incest Orgy open for the Vomit Pigs in a punk club in Dallas back in '75.
"Useless Eater" by the Vomit Pigs: https://tinyurl.com/226nd43t Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:54 AM (IG3/x) 114
OT: yahoo news is saying Trump just pirated another tanker off Venezuela. yo-ho!
Maybe now they'll quit playing games. Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 09:54 AM (gKWVE) 115
109 haha yeah, those damn dew claws...
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (XuXeR) 117
110 The drunk guy looks a lot like William Katt of Greatest American Hero.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Son of Della Street. Posted by: Hamilton Burger at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (oftw2) 118
See! FreakOff parties are historical, yo!
Posted by: P-Diddy at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX) Posted by: Boooor-ing at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1) 120
Worst. Orgy. Ever.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (GD2xa) 121
Always amusing that each new generation thinks they've innovated sexual deviance. Even these guys didn't, just look at a Grecian urn art, lol!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (LlV+5) 122
> And not even ribbed for her pleasure.
Posted by: Boooor-ing at January 15, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1) Not needed if you have a lot of dick warts. Sorry for that image. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x) 123
Shoulda posted this yesterday - hump day
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 09:57 AM (LlV+5) 124
Got any younger ones?
Posted by: The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein at January 15, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:57 AM (XuXeR) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:57 AM (IG3/x) 127
OT: yahoo news is saying Trump just pirated another tanker off Venezuela. yo-ho!
Maybe now they'll quit playing games. --- We recently sold the oil we'd seized. Made a cool $500 mil. I also like the story that Chinese tankers are turning back from their intended stop in Venezuela. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 09:57 AM (HXT0k) 128
Even these guys didn't, just look at a Grecian urn art, lol!
Posted by: Lizzy From what I've seen of Greek art, they learnt about sex through an exhaustive process of trial and error. Posted by: you're doing it wrong at January 15, 2026 09:58 AM (gKWVE) 129
deviance. Even these guys didn't, just look at a Grecian urn art, lol!
Posted by: Lizzy Obligatory. What's a Grecian urn? Posted by: Ceramic Sid at January 15, 2026 09:58 AM (oftw2) 130
It's not a dirty picture, because the Rake winds up bankrupt and insane at the end of the story.
Context is everything. Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 15, 2026 09:58 AM (BHrzb) Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 09:58 AM (LlV+5) 132
Not sure if you were joking, but if do have it, what do you think about the cost and service? I'm looking at it as an alternative to Spectrum, which sucks and never comes close to the promised speeds.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba Biff, if you are still here, I've had it for three years. $120/month unlimited. 240 Mbps down, 39 Mpbs up, 20 ms latency. Love Starlink. Especially when it comes to HughesNet, Viasat or smoke signals. It goes down less than Direct TV when a storm passes over. It has to be a deluge before it loses signal. And as soon as the cell passes, it's back up. VOIP for phone service. (Yeah. AT&T lies about their coverage) Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:59 AM (FzgDV) 133
that Chinese tankers are turning back from their intended stop in Venezuela."
'Cause they're all junk? *waitresses.. tip 'em* Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:59 AM (XuXeR) 134
Eyes Wide Shut
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX) 135
Imagine the smell at that orgy.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 09:59 AM (o2ZRX) Posted by: Health Department Food Establishment Inspector at January 15, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX) 137
First time unemployment claims last week was 198K. Thats a VERY low number. Unexpectedly lower than 215K the “experts” predicted. Also down 9K from the prior week.
All signs are pointing to an economy that is going to be yuuuuge in 2026. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 09:59 AM (kgFPv) 138
121 "what's a grecian urn?"
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x) 140
*sings* When you live in the country Everybody is your neighbor On this one thing you can rely They'll all come to see you And never, ever leave you Sayin' you all come to see us by and by Y'all come! (Y'all come!) Y'all come! (Y'all come!) Oh, you all come to see us now and then Y'all come! (Y'all come!) Y'all come! (Y'all come!) Oh, you all come to see us when you can Posted by: Zombie Bill Monroe at January 15, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG) 141
Plenty of bosoms, though. Terry Thomas has a comment (1:25) about "infantile preoccupation". Look at the UK; what does he know?
https://tinyurl.com/2s3fy7x5 Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 15, 2026 10:00 AM (Lfq/j) 142
Y'all are slow this am. Must've been one heck of an orgy
Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR) 143
Apparently the Minnesota airport is staffed mostly by Somalians. Makes it easier to transport bags stuffed with cash.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 10:01 AM (Dv3i1) 144
Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time
And the ten to get yourself in A hmm, hmm And I hear it's tight most every night But now I might be mistaken Hmm, hmm, hmm Have mercy Posted by: gKWVE at January 15, 2026 10:02 AM (gKWVE) Posted by: Mayor Pete ButtJizz at an Orgy at January 15, 2026 10:02 AM (IG3/x) Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 10:02 AM (wzUl9) 147
131 just the tip.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 10:02 AM (XuXeR) Posted by: 18-1 at January 15, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm) 150
First time unemployment claims last week was 198K. Thats a VERY low number. Unexpectedly lower than 215K the “experts” predicted. Also down 9K from the prior week.
All signs are pointing to an economy that is going to be yuuuuge in 2026. Posted by: Really?? Companies helping setting up a free Venezuela, free Cuba & free Iran will be making bank. Point people will be making a fortune. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:03 AM (FzgDV) 151
Thought bubbles above everyone:
"Who invited Hogarth?" Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 10:03 AM (mlg/3) 152
Syphilis was a huge danger in those times. The wages of sin are death in those days was a very impactful statement.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 10:03 AM (pDt9x) 153
"You and me baby we ain't nothin' but mammals
Let's do it like they do it on the Discovery channel . . ." Posted by: Bloodhound gang at January 15, 2026 10:03 AM (LlV+5) 154
You call that an orgy?
Posted by: Caligula at January 15, 2026 10:04 AM (MZ+PY) 155
Gen. Sherman, to the courtesy phone. Gen. Sherman, to the courtesy phone, please.
@LeadingReport 1m BREAKING: President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 10:04 AM (mlg/3) 156
@135
>>Imagine the smell at that orgy. Fish, tobacco, feces, and enough perfume that if an EPA existed at the time, the site would be condemned. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 10:04 AM (5gq+c) 157
Everybody.
Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (IG3/x) 158
Must've been a rest stop precursor to the Kum and Go gas station/convenient store chain. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (LlV+5) 159
I've heard nothing but good things about Starlink service.
The only drawback seems to be the price. Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (rbIOb) 160
The Orgy
William Hogarth *********** All Is Vanity - a limerick There once was a fellow named Pollack Who went to an orgy to frolic "It's not for love that we do it. When you get right down to it, It's mostly about the hydraulics!" Posted by: muldoon at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (/iMjX) 161
156 @135
>>Imagine the smell at that orgy. Fish, tobacco, feces, and enough perfume that if an EPA existed at the time, the site would be condemned. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 10:04 AM (5gq+c) The body funk would be palpable. Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (pDt9x) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 10:05 AM (XuXeR) 164
Seen on X: Ask your doctor if men can get pregnant. If the answer is yes, leave.
Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 10:06 AM (IG3/x) 165
You get gonorhea! And you get gonorhea! And you get- .... Nevermind, you already have gonorrhea. Posted by: Time-Traveling Oprah! at January 15, 2026 10:06 AM (iJfKG) 166
Eww.
Posted by: Andrew Gillum at January 15, 2026 10:06 AM (gKWVE) 167
151 mrs. hughes.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+) 168
Warm Beer-Lousy Food
Posted by: Club 802 at January 15, 2026 10:07 AM (oftw2) 169
Mrs. Robinson, I think you're trying to seduce me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX) Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 10:08 AM (IG3/x) 171
Always amusing that each new generation thinks they've innovated sexual deviance.
-- They had no TV, no radio, books were non-existent or expensive. Even the peasant has a lot of free time, in that. Another thing I find interesting: A study of a stable hunter-gatherer* societies showed each adult spends an average of 8 hours a week--a week--on obtaining food. The rest is basically free time. A lotta lot of free time. Look upon that and weep ye cubicle dweller, as you log your 40th hour of the week in order to buy a scrap of bread. * and they don't just gather, they cultivate native plants to encourage continued production. 'course there is the raiding, raping, pillaging and slavery, so .... not all Easy Street. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:08 AM (HXT0k) 172
153 "You and me baby we ain't nothin' but mammals
******* Let's do it like the Arabs do and go hump all the camels! Posted by: muldoon at January 15, 2026 10:08 AM (/iMjX) 173
Syphilis was a huge danger in those times. The wages of sin are death in those days was a very impactful statement.
Posted by: tubal at January 15, 2026 *** The woman to the left of Drunk Guy looks like she already is displaying some pox symptoms. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9) 174
Much like the burning during urination.
Posted by: Kramer at January 15, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1) 175
143 Apparently the Minnesota airport is staffed mostly by Somalians. Makes it easier to transport bags stuffed with cash.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 10:01 AM (Dv3i1) Been that way for a long time. Started noticing h it in the mid 2000s flying through MSP. All the women working there have hijabs. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:09 AM (kgFPv) 176
Mrs. Robinson, I think you're trying to seduce me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 *** "What, pray tell, was your first clue, Benjamin?" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9) 177
"Above all, Andrew Gillum shows us what fearless leadership looks like."
-Harvard Kennedy School, Institute of Politics Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 10:10 AM (rbIOb) 178
You must think my tavern's a bus stop, the way you come and go.....
Posted by: Rejected Dolly Parton Lyrics at January 15, 2026 10:10 AM (oftw2) 179
>>Imagine the smell at that orgy.
-- The worst "over-heard at prison" story. "Owe! Take it out, it hurts!" "Oooh, put it back in, it stinks!" Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:10 AM (HXT0k) 180
A study of a stable hunter-gatherer* societies showed each adult spends an average of 8 hours a week--a week--on obtaining food.
The rest is basically free time. A lotta lot of free time. And now you know why booze was invented. Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG) 181
Illinois taxpayers are being forced to bankroll over $1.6 million for Centro de Trabajadores Unidos, a group that openly operates a Rapid Response Team to “confront ICE raids and detention and deportations.”
Taxpayer dollars should not be used to undermine federal law enforcement. Governor J.B. Pritzker must immediately end this funding. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:10 AM (FzgDV) 182
Randi Weingarten, the leader of the American Federation of Teachers, has announced that she is leaving X due to "hate" and "disinformation."
... her "hate" and "disinformation." Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 10:11 AM (GITLP) 183
In those days, “French Pox” and the like (syphilus and gonorrhea) were basically untreatable, lifelong debilitating diseases. Penicillin having not been developed yet.
Treatment of choice was elemental Mercury. The dosage was said to be about right if the silvery metal could be seen oozing from the scalp when squeezed. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:12 AM (19v1I) 184
175 and scar tissue.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:13 AM (R11M+) 185
And now you know why booze was invented.
Posted by: naturalfake Mostly like out of laziness. Someone left fruit in a cache too long and tried it out because they were too lazy to get fresh stuff and said, "Holy crap, I feel weird." Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 10:13 AM (mlg/3) 186
Good morning!
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 10:13 AM (u82oZ) Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 10:13 AM (iJfKG) 188
Treatment of choice was elemental Mercury. The dosage was said to be about right if the silvery metal could be seen oozing from the scalp when squeezed.
Posted by: Common Tater I've owned several fine Mercury automobiles, and one Lincoln. Posted by: The Grand Marquis at January 15, 2026 10:14 AM (oftw2) 189
And now you know why booze was invented.
--- So that's crazy. I never thought about it. All cultures around the world have alcohol. Beer, wine, spirits. All of them in thousands of varieties. From those that had brewer yeast to the Japs chewing and spitting rice to get it to ferment into sake. All but one: The American Indian. Question: Can you consider a society/culture a civilization if it hasn't a form of alcohol? Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:14 AM (HXT0k) 190
A study of a stable hunter-gatherer* societies showed each adult spends an average of 8 hours a week--a week--on obtaining food.
——- I call bullshit on that. Far closer to 8 hours a DAY, the balance spent trying not to freeze to death. And beating out laundry with a stick down by the river, and consulting with the witch doctor about that pesky dysentery Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:14 AM (19v1I) 191
185 And now you know why booze was invented.
Posted by: naturalfake Mostly like out of laziness. Someone left fruit in a cache too long and tried it out because they were too lazy to get fresh stuff and said, "Holy crap, I feel weird." Nah, he said "I get notes of leather, graphite, and feces." Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 10:15 AM (Riz8t) 192
Can you imagine the mountain of clothing once the orgy actually gets started? And that's not counting all the coats and overcoats (to protect the coats) they took off just to come indoors.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 10:15 AM (edrS1) 193
183 so oozing when squeezed was both a symptom and a cure?
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+) 194
Notice the heal on the lady's shoe? Stiletto!
Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 10:15 AM (4rWc3) 195
Lady on the left is like, "I don't get paid enough for this crap."
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 15, 2026 10:16 AM (h/O4U) 196
A study of a stable hunter-gatherer* societies showed each adult spends an average of 8 hours a week--a week--on obtaining food.
——- I call bullshit on that. Far closer to 8 hours a DAY, the balance spent trying not to freeze to death. And beating out laundry with a stick down by the river, and consulting with the witch doctor about that pesky dysentery Agreed, but I think perhaps the Polynesians didn't have to spend much time gathering food, since it grew on trees and in the ocean. They spent the rest of the time killing, cooking and eating each other. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t) 197
Common Tater
Disgusting. Between mercury poisoning and drunk-fried brains, it's amazing anything got done. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 10:16 AM (u82oZ) 198
I call bullshit on that. Far closer to 8 hours a DAY, the balance spent trying not to freeze to death. And beating out laundry with a stick down by the river, and consulting with the witch doctor about that pesky dysentery
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:14 AM (19v1I) I'd like to know who came up with the idea of the 8 hour workday. I'd like to beat them with a stick, down by the river. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:17 AM (dGCAG) 199
Squeezing and oozing?
Posted by: Sounds like a MoMe! at January 15, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1) 200
Regarding the art, for an orgy, they are entirely too fully clothed.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:17 AM (qFwJc) 201
I'd like to know who came up with the idea of the 8 hour workday.
I'd like to beat them with a stick, down by the river. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:17 AM (dGCAG) You think it’s too short or too long? Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (kgFPv) 202
All but one: The American Indian.
Can't fall off the wagon if you never drink. ...or never invent the wheel. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (edrS1) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (u82oZ) 204
Clearly, I am late to the party and posted my comment without reading any others.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (qFwJc) 205
Pictures like this bring to mind Kipling's Road to Mandalay:
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten-year soldier tells: "If you've 'eard the East a-callin', you won't never 'eed naught else." No! you won't 'eed nothin' else But them spicy garlic smells, An' the sunshine an' the palm-trees an' the tinkly temple-bells; On the road to Mandalay... 5 I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin'-stones, An' the blasted English drizzle wakes the fever in my bones; Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand, An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do they understand? Beefy face an' grubby 'and - Law! wot do they understand? Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (Riz8t) 206
If you are worried about a reason to bomb the mad mullahs back to the stone age?
cassus belli? ummmm.... dont you people remember when our embassy was invaded by the islamo thugocracy? They declared war on us that day. Theres your damned just cause. Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (gHU/A) Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:19 AM (qFwJc) 208
Violence on outsiders took up a lot of the time. 30% of males died in violence.
Posted by: NaCly Dog I think it was probably a not so subtle way of reducing the population, which otherwise would have rapidly exceeded the available resources. Posted by: Archimedes at January 15, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t) 209
207 and weekends.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+) 210
That's why poachers were hanged.
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:21 AM (qFwJc) 211
I'd like to know who came up with the idea of the 8 hour workday.
I'd like to beat them with a stick, down by the river. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:17 AM (dGCAG) You think it’s too short or too long? Posted by: Really?? Too long. I can get my job done in six. With not taking a mandatory lunch, I could shave three hours off my day. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:22 AM (FzgDV) 212
A study of a stable hunter-gatherer* societies showed each adult spends an average of 8 hours a week--a week--on obtaining food.
——- I call bullshit on that. Far closer to 8 hours a DAY, the balance spent trying not to freeze to death. And beating out laundry with a stick down by the river, and consulting with the witch doctor about that pesky dysentery Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:14 AM I recall reading about one study that showed a family of four, working 8 hours/day to harvest wild grains with flint sickles was able to gather enough grain in 3 weeks to provide each person with 1 lb. of grain per day for a year. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 10:22 AM (kgE5c) Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 10:22 AM (0KSrI) 214
Taxpayer dollars should not be used to undermine federal law enforcement. Governor J.B. Pritzker must immediately end this funding.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:10 AM (FzgDV) Imagine if we had a, oh I don't know, a body of representatives who meet in, let's say a central location where government operates. Now imagine if those representatives took an oath to defend the very documents that give them their authority, and to execute said oath to see to it the laws were upheld. If we had such a group of representatives, they might recognize with a lesser group of representatives were operating in violation of the laws, and would act to impose the penalties designated in the law. Then you'd have such people as "governors" and "mayors" of entities in open rebellion brought to court to face justice. But instead we have a group of dickless wonders, operation in DC, calling themselves Congress. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:23 AM (dGCAG) 215
From the you can never hate the media enough files…
Yahoo Finance: “The U.S. unemployment rate is worsening, with 2025 posting the weakest annual job growth rate since 2003.While the Federal Reserve cut interest rates repeatedly in 2025 to try to support the market, these efforts weren’t quite enough to course-correct the American unemployment rate. Many factors are to blame here.” Unemployment is at 4.4%. Which is pretty much full employment. Enemy of the people. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:24 AM (kgFPv) 216
Archimedes
The tribal uplands of New Guinea and the Amazon Rain forest show similar patterns of tribal existence. Food was available. But other tribes were preyed upon in raids. 30% chance of an entire tribe being wiped out, except for some of the women, in a generation. This violence is deep in our DNA. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 10:25 AM (u82oZ) 217
215 People like #206 get angry when they see pics of gun they will not have
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith Also me, when I see a StG 44. Posted by: Gun Moron at January 15, 2026 10:25 AM (JCZqz) 218
215 wait... guns i can't have?
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+) 219
You think it’s too short or too long?
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:18 AM (kgFPv) Once upon a time we had guys who put on suits and go to offices who claim to work more than 8 hours. They would brag about it, like it's some sort of accomplishment. Now, half the time they were in such offices they were trying to bang secretaries, and snorting coke of toilet seats, but they'd call that "work." Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:26 AM (dGCAG) 220
Unemployment is at 4.4%. Which is pretty much full employment. Enemy of the people.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:24 AM (kgFPv) Even the ASS troll has a job. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:26 AM (8zz6B) 221
213 Appeals court rejects Khalil case against deportation.
Bye Bye Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 10:22 AM (0KSrI) Finally some good news..Late here this AM is it true rioters in Minneapolis broke into ICE vehicles and stole guns ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:26 AM (VE6XX) 222
"I'd like to know who came up with the idea of the 8 hour workday."
Labor unions. Posted by: no one Not quite - they invented the idea of being on the clock and getting paid for 8 hours work - not actually doing work for 8 hours. Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:27 AM (cYBz/) 223
Comments were rather slow on the Morning Report, despite a great collection of linkies and a fine editorial, and are slow on the Art Thread, despite CBD's usual vomit-inducing art. Have Morons taken CBD's exhortations to visit the Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread?
Posted by: Der Spiegel at January 15, 2026 10:27 AM (oftw2) 224
Welp, I’m in the boat heading into town. North wind blowing about 10kts. Still dark. Folks are getting excited about the Seahawks game on Saturday. The city is buzzing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:28 AM (vOH33) Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (FzgDV) 226
For an Orgy it doesn't look very Orgyish
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (VE6XX) 227
"... is it true rioters in Minneapolis broke into ICE vehicles and stole guns ?"
### That's ok. They don't use "real" bullets. Posted by: Rebecca Good at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1) 228
Not quite - they invented the idea of being on the clock and getting paid for 8 hours work - not actually doing work for 8 hours.
Posted by: Tonypete Heh. If a union member works 8 hours a month I’d say that’s an A+ effort. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (kgFPv) 229
Appeals court rejects Khalil case against deportation.
Bye Bye *** That decision will no doubt be appealed, so I doubt he's going anywhere just yet. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (Y1sOo) 230
Not quite - they invented the idea of being on the clock and getting paid for 8 hours work - not actually doing work for 8 hours.
Posted by: Tonypete We reject your libelous assertions! Posted by: Featherbed Jones And No-Show Jenkins at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (oftw2) 231
That decision will no doubt be appealed, so I doubt he's going anywhere just yet.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (Y1sOo) So they'll appeal the appeal ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:30 AM (VE6XX) 232
Labor unions.
Posted by: no one Not quite - they invented the idea of being on the clock and getting paid for 8 hours work - not actually doing work for 8 hours. Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2026 10:27 AM (cYBz/) In that case, instead of beating them with a stick, I'll use a hammer and sickle. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:30 AM (dGCAG) 233
Welp, I’m in the boat heading into town. North wind blowing about 10kts. Still dark. Folks are getting excited about the Seahawks game on Saturday. The city is buzzing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:28 AM (vOH33) Got any Somalians that you can use to feed the Orcas? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:30 AM (8zz6B) 234
Early on I guess...
Posted by: steevy at January 15, 2026 10:30 AM (YwEeS) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 10:30 AM (kgE5c) 236
>>is it true rioters in Minneapolis broke into ICE vehicles and stole guns ?
A rifle. Nick Sortor's X account has the video. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo) 237
A rifle. Nick Sortor's X account has the video.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo) Maybe it's time for the Insurrection act.. Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:31 AM (VE6XX) Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:31 AM (FzgDV) 239
Welp, I’m in the boat heading into town. North wind blowing about 10kts. Still dark. Folks are getting excited about the Seahawks game on Saturday. The city is buzzing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:28 AM Happy Thursday, nurse! Enjoy the ride. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 15, 2026 10:31 AM (kgE5c) 240
So they'll appeal the appeal ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:30 AM (VE6XX) It’s awesome isn’t it? - Lawyers Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:32 AM (kgFPv) Posted by: Geriatric Mean Girls Suck at January 15, 2026 10:32 AM (JCLJi) 242
What will it take to get you out of those clothes?
About a half hour. Posted by: Lars at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (kJH1Z) 243
239 Welp, I’m in the boat heading into town. North wind blowing about 10kts. Still dark. Folks are getting excited about the Seahawks game on Saturday. The city is buzzing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:28 AM My Daughter is a big Niners fn... From what I've seen you don't have anything to worry about Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (VE6XX) Posted by: Harrumph! at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1) 245
>>So they'll appeal the appeal ?
The government appealed the lower court decision that freed him. This decision will be appealed by his lawyers, I would think. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo) 246
Welp, I’m in the boat heading into town. North wind blowing about 10kts. Still dark. Folks are getting excited about the Seahawks game on Saturday. The city is buzzing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 15, 2026 10:28 AM (vOH33) What do the playoffs look-like now? I haven't paid attention since Muh Cowboys aren't in the mix. ...*pauses to wait for the guy who says he never watches football to do his schtick*.... So, what's the playoff, Dr Orloff? Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG) 247
Appeals court rejects Khalil case against deportation.
Posted by: Ben Had Looks like the panel used some procedural grounds for this decision. This is gonna keep getting appealed until someone gives up. And the White House is more likely to give up sooner. Decisions like these are why ICE move people around so much, so when you appeal with Habeas when you’ve clearly been unconstitutionally detained the appeals courts will say you went to the wrong court and thus have to start over in another district. Where is he from? If it’s safe for him, I would honestly consider just leaving the US and bringing his family with him, rather than risk being locked up. This admin wants to make an example out of him and I really worry they’ll succeed :/ A 2-1 ruling with a Trump appointee and a W appointee in favor of this decision. We're going to be stuck with these activist judges for a long time. Their plan is to thwart democracy. What the fuck is our plan? Note: This does not mean that the federal government can suddenly re-detain Khalil. This decision isn't a warrant. Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (JCZqz) 248
This decision will be appealed by his lawyers, I would think.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo) Love to know who's paying for his Lawyers Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (VE6XX) 249
This decision will be appealed by his lawyers, I would think.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo) Think outside the box: deport the lawyers, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (8zz6B) 250
"... is it true rioters in Minneapolis broke into ICE vehicles and stole guns ?"
I wonder if they were 'true rioters' or the trained military-aged types we've been hosting for so long. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (edrS1) 251
“We're going to be stuck with these activist judges for a long time”
🤣🤣 Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:35 AM (kgFPv) 252
225 if you gatta ask...
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+) 253
I wonder if they were 'true rioters' or the trained military-aged types we've been hosting for so long.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (edrS1) Yeah... I'm guessing Antifa Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2026 10:35 AM (VE6XX) 254
Randi Weingarten, the leader of the American Federation of Teachers, has announced that she is leaving X due to "hate" and "disinformation."
... her "hate" and "disinformation." Posted by: SMOD at January 15, 2026 10:11 AM (GITLP) I love video of lefties getting punched out. Is that hate or love? Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 10:35 AM (8CIFn) 255
242 What will it take to get you out of those clothes?
About a half hour. Posted by: Lars at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (kJH1Z) One of the reasons there were so few orgies back then. You've done coke and popped a handful of viagra, and then it takes your valet 30 minutes to undress the whores. Really impractical. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 15, 2026 10:35 AM (TdYBy) 256
wonder if they were 'true rioters' or the trained military-aged types we've been hosting for so long.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (edrS1) From the footage I’ve seen it’s all white dudes rioting. Somalis just stick to stealing billions. They don’t get their hands dirty. Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:36 AM (kgFPv) 257
This decision will be appealed by his lawyers, I would think.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo) Love to know who's paying for his Lawyers Posted by: It's me donna Soros Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:36 AM (FzgDV) 258
So, what's the playoff, Dr Orloff?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG) The Sea Squawks have the #1 seed in the NFC, and have the benefit of playing a banged up 49ers team. Still, it would shock nobody if the Niners won. Anybody but the Rams. That's always my motto. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:37 AM (dGCAG) 259
Hot !
Posted by: Zombie Ben Franklin at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (abIsI) 260
Think outside the box: deport the lawyers, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (8zz6B) You're too kind. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (dGCAG) 261
Love to know who's paying for his Lawyers
Posted by: It's me donna ---- Soros Posted by: rickb223 Us, through Federally funded NGOs 😔 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (JCZqz) 262
Randi Weingarten, the leader of the American Federation of Teachers, has announced that she is leaving X due to "hate" and "disinformation."
Yeah, I got banned for that, too. But you were fine back in the pre-Musk twitter days, right? Posted by: A.S.S. at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (edrS1) 263
From the footage I’ve seen it’s all white dudes rioting. Somalis just stick to stealing billions. They don’t get their hands dirty.
Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:36 AM (kgFPv) ------------- This is what "decolonization" looks like. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (G0b3R) 264
Us, through Federally funded NGOs 😔
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (JCZqz) Ding ding ding! Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:39 AM (dGCAG) 265
His next step, I would think, is to file motion for an en banc review. If that fails, he'd have to file for cert with SCOTUS.
Just spit-ballin' here. Not a lawyer. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:39 AM (Y1sOo) 266
So what’s up in Iran? All the rumors about fighter jets in the air yesterday turned out out to be nothing huh?
Maybe a diversion? Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:39 AM (kgFPv) 267
Always have sex in corners.
I can draw and shoot kinda fast. And if i feel a cold wet nose or ====knows what? I'd discharge my weapons and keep dicks out of the conversation. Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 10:41 AM (EyfuW) 268
Think outside the box: deport the lawyers, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:34 AM (8zz6B) ------------ Feed those Sharks to the Orcas after we run out of Somalian chum. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 15, 2026 10:41 AM (G0b3R) 269
Some Chiefs were prescient, refused alcohol for the tribe or nation, and demanded payment if the settlers or pioneers wanted them to get drunk.
“If you want us to get drunk and act like idiots, pay up MFers”. This is pretty smart. I should have tried this as a youth. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 10:41 AM (19v1I) 270
204 Clearly, I am late to the party and posted my comment without reading any others.
Posted by: no one ====== Sometimes that is the smart thing to do. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 10:42 AM (WDjG6) 271
That decision will no doubt be appealed, so I doubt he's going anywhere just yet.
-- Do it losers. We need a clean SCOTUS ruling that: 1) limits the frivolous filings of habeas. 2) flat denial that visa-holders have a 1st Amendment right; they do not. 3) that district judges do not get to second-guess the national security determination of the Secretary of State and the Executive. No matter how much they fluff their opinion up with Constitutional claims and violations of various statutes. Because that's what will happen. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:42 AM (HXT0k) 272
The court ruled that Judges do not have jurisdiction over deportation orders.
Seems pretty clear. Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 10:42 AM (0KSrI) 273
So what’s up in Iran? All the rumors about fighter jets in the air yesterday turned out out to be nothing huh?
Maybe a diversion? Posted by: Really?? at January 15, 2026 10:39 AM (kgFPv) When I want to know what's happening in Iran, I go to a comic book store, buy whatever book has a green monster or a guy in a spider costume on it. Then I go to a news stand and buy a newspaper. I read the comic book for truth and reality, I read the paper for comic fantasy. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:42 AM (dGCAG) 274
10 Ain't no orgy like a fancy dress orgy.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (azVdX) 'Cause the fancy dress orgy don't stop. Posted by: Lord Cooliongton III at January 15, 2026 10:42 AM (TbWk/) 275
So what’s up in Iran? All the rumors about fighter jets in the air yesterday turned out
——— The first casualty in War is truth. Posted by: Churchill at January 15, 2026 10:43 AM (19v1I) 276
I think there is a dog, down front. He seems to be holding the frontpiece of a woman's bodice in his mouth?
Posted by: barbarausa at January 15, 2026 10:43 AM (enw9G) 277
Question: Can you consider a society/culture a civilization if it hasn't a form of alcohol?
---------------- Mmm, the Aztec's had tobacco enemas. Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 10:44 AM (pLaQB) 278
Kristi Noem has revoked the "Temporary Protected Status" for Somalis.
After 35 years. Posted by: Whodunnit? at January 15, 2026 10:08 AM (IG3/x) Some Commie Dem, Illinois rep Robin Kelly has announced impeachment charges against against Noem will be filed. These assnuggets don't give up, unlike our side. Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 15, 2026 10:45 AM (5xuJ/) 279
Mmm, the Aztec's had tobacco enemas.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 10:44 AM (pLaQB) Would make for a shitty party. ASS troll might enjoy it! Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM (8zz6B) 280
Perhaps this was inspired by the Ball at Kerrimuir.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM (0sNs1) 281
265 His next step, I would think, is to file motion for an en banc review. If that fails, he'd have to file for cert with SCOTUS.
Just spit-ballin' here. Not a lawyer. Posted by: one hour sober ======= Yep. Doesn't have to go through en banc though that is probably a better shot than Scotus. But en banc review and reversal is pretty rare in a case due to logistics and time consumed to do it. Khalil would have to have a new important law question normally to get it and claiming a first amendment right to protest so he does not get deported on immigration fraud and leading violent protests is not particularly a compelling one other than Resist! judges. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM (WDjG6) 282
Clearly, I am late to the party and posted my comment without reading any others. Posted by: no one ====== Sometimes that is the smart thing to do. Posted by: whig We're supposed read comments as well as content? WTAF? Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM (QVmho) 283
And I can smell it from here.
Posted by: Discerning Viewer at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM Just imagine that if there were penguins present! Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM (0sNs1) 284
Some Commie Dem, Illinois rep Robin Kelly has announced impeachment charges against against Noem will be filed. These assnuggets don't give up, unlike our side.
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Posted by: thug dolphin at January 15, 2026 10:48 AM (EyfuW) Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 10:48 AM (6V14C) 288
What do the playoffs look-like now?
I haven't paid attention since Muh Cowboys aren't in the mix. ...*pauses to wait for the guy who says he never watches football to do his schtick*.... So, what's the playoff, Dr Orloff? Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 *** I forget who said it, but -- "Playoffs?!?" Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 10:49 AM (wzUl9) 289
271 Because that's what will happen.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:42 AM (HXT0k) ====== All that will matter is Jackson's fire dissent (that Sotomayor refuses to sign onto, writing her own dissent) that is 237 pages long and form the basis of all legal thinking for the next 500 years. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO) 290
Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants
- This guy is looking to take a bullet to head. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:49 AM (L/fGl) 291
I don't think this orgy will make much money on OnlyFans.
Posted by: AlecK at January 15, 2026 10:49 AM (cMlC1) Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 10:50 AM (DgMqy) 293
Mmm, the Aztec's had tobacco enemas.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 10:44 AM (pLaQB) Their tobacco commercials would certainly have been different: "I'd Walk a Mile For a Camel...Up My Ass!" "Winston Tastes Good Like An Enema Should....Up My Ass!" "You've Come Along Way, Baby! Yopu've Got Your Own Enema Today...Up Your Ass!" "Come to Where the Flavor is...Up Your Ass! Come to Marlboro Country!" ... Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2026 10:50 AM (iJfKG) 294
Mmm, the Aztec's had tobacco enemas.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 15, 2026 *** I'm glad they don't offer that at my pipe shop. Maybe in certain neighborhoods of San Francisco . . . Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 10:50 AM (0sNs1) 296
So what’s up in Iran? All the rumors about fighter jets in the air yesterday turned out out to be nothing huh?
Maybe a diversion? Posted by: Really?? As someone else said, rattle sabers. Watch where they run to. Mark those bolt holes. Next time, rattle sabers. Light up those bolt holes. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:50 AM (FzgDV) 297
Have a great day, everyone.
Let's hope smiting of the Iranian leadership is on the agenda for today. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (u82oZ) 298
278 Some Commie Dem, Illinois rep Robin Kelly has announced impeachment charges against against Noem will be filed. These assnuggets don't give up, unlike our side.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 15, 2026 10:45 AM (5xuJ/) ===== "not giving up" in this instance is empty theater that will go nowhere but raise money for the Rep in question. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO) 299
"Playoffs?!?"
"Are you kiddin me!?" -Coach Mora Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 *** That's who it was! Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9) 300
Looks like the panel used some procedural grounds for this decision.
-- LOL, the "procedure" being black-letter law and long-standing procedure that he can't challenge his final order of deportation in another federal district court. Via habeas or any other motion. He has to file an appeal of that final order in an appeal court. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (HXT0k) 301
We're supposed read comments as well as content? WTAF?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM You don't want to disappoint Ace, do you? Well, do you? Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1) 302
281 Yep. Doesn't have to go through en banc though that is probably a better shot than Scotus.
But en banc review and reversal is pretty rare in a case due to logistics and time consumed to do it. Khalil would have to have a new important law question normally to get it and claiming a first amendment right to protest so he does not get deported on immigration fraud and leading violent protests is not particularly a compelling one other than Resist! judges. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM (WDjG6) ==== The circuit is also majority GOP, so solid chance of a majority GOP en banc selection. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 10:52 AM (GBKbO) 303
299 "Playoffs?!?"
"Are you kiddin me!?" -Coach Mora Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 *** That's who it was! Maybe the most Classic of Classic Coach Rants lol Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 15, 2026 10:52 AM (DgMqy) 304
I expected far less clothing with that title.
Posted by: pookysgirl, looking at old clickbait at January 15, 2026 10:52 AM (Wt5PA) 305
Forgive me if someone already posted (I don't feel like reading all the 277 previous comments). The entire "Rakes Progress" series is a remarkable morality tale. The Rake (Is suppose we might call him "A Playah" today) ends up a raving, syphilitic wreck in an insane asylum. Hogarth produced other moral series including "The Progress of Cruelty" (our hero progresses from torturing small animals as a child to hanging on a gallows). My favorite may be "The Election" series, a cynical look at politics during the British election of 1756. I have large prints of "Gin Lane" and "Beer Alley" (printed around 1830) in my man cave, and yes, I was an English History major.
Posted by: Martin Tell at January 15, 2026 10:53 AM (sFNX2) 306
Just imagine that if there were penguins present!
Posted by: Duncanthrax Below the belt comment as usual, Bat Boy. Posted by: Penguin Alliance For Truth And Justice at January 15, 2026 10:53 AM (oftw2) 307
290 Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants
- This guy is looking to take a bullet to head. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 15, 2026 10:49 AM (L/fGl) ===== A solid loss in his primary will be enough. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO) 308
I expected far less clothing with that title.
Posted by: pookysgirl, looking at old clickbait at January 15, 2026 10:52 AM * makes text me sign * Posted by: Anthony "Danger" Weiner at January 15, 2026 10:53 AM (0sNs1) 309
We need a clean SCOTUS ruling that:
1) limits the frivolous filings of habeas. 2) flat denial that visa-holders have a 1st Amendment right; they do not. 3) that district judges do not get to second-guess the national security determination of the Secretary of State and the Executive. No matter how much they fluff their opinion up with Constitutional claims and violations of various statutes. Because that's what will happen. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice ====== Court under Roberts is reactive rather than proactive. That is why the lower court judges feel free to YOLO. And that is the problem with selecting judicial restraint types that the traditional conservatives have pushed for decades since Bork got Borked. Only 3 out of the 6 justices (Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch) are willing to create clear new precedents while Kavanaugh, ACB, and Roberts are the judicial restraint types--focusing on narrow decisions, balancing tests, and other be nice to the opposition style rulings. And the leftist judges take any caveat to go YOLO. What is needed is simply summary reversals of these judges, no opinion, just grant cert, reverse, and apply as needed. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 10:53 AM (WDjG6) 310
305.
I hear Mark Knopfler's track - Madame Geneva's Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 10:54 AM (6V14C) 311
298 278 Some Commie Dem, Illinois rep Robin Kelly has announced impeachment charges against against Noem will be filed. These assnuggets don't give up, unlike our side.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at In a totally inappropriate comment I think Noem is kinda hot in a protective vest and baseball cap. Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 10:54 AM (8CIFn) 312
Some Commie Dem, Illinois rep Robin Kelly has announced impeachment charges against against Noem will be filed. These assnuggets don't give up, unlike our side.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 15, 2026 10:45 AM (5xuJ/) ===== "not giving up" in this instance is empty theater that will go nowhere but raise money for the Rep in question. Posted by: TheJamesMadison Yeah. You don't "impeach" cabinet posts. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:55 AM (FzgDV) 313
He also has an appeal pending in the immigration court system.
His lawyers are clearly just gumming up the system to keep him in country as long as possible. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:55 AM (Y1sOo) 314
293 lsmft..
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 10:55 AM (R11M+) 315
Much of the anger by the septum ring crowd is that Noem is pretty hot.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 15, 2026 10:56 AM (6V14C) 316
We're supposed read comments as well as content? WTAF?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 15, 2026 10:46 AM You don't want to disappoint Ace, do you? Well, do you? Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1) Blame Toby928. He decided to get all fancy yesterday and tell us he reads all the comments. AoSHQ commenters being the sheepish followers we are, everyone else decided they needed to do the same. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:56 AM (dGCAG) 317
290 Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants
- This guy is looking to take a bullet to head. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Only the Hump/Lump is sentient. Posted by: Non Compos Mentis... at January 15, 2026 10:56 AM (oftw2) 318
313 He also has an appeal pending in the immigration court system.
His lawyers are clearly just gumming up the system to keep him in country as long as possible. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 10:55 AM (Y1sOo) ===== Roughly 80% of people picked up by DHS sign waivers and willingly get deported without any further process. 600,000 in the first 11 months of Trump's second term. These individual cases matter to the individuals and narrative boosters, but they don't actually matter in terms of policy since they always lose. They make a while to lose, but they do end up losing all while literally hundreds of thousands more get forcibly deported while the processes play out. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO) 319
What is needed is simply summary reversals of these judges, no opinion, just grant cert, reverse, and apply as needed.
--- I think I read a few days ago that one of the Justices is complaining how they don't take enough cases. This should be the path. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:57 AM (HXT0k) 320
319 I think I read a few days ago that one of the Justices is complaining how they don't take enough cases.
This should be the path. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 10:57 AM (HXT0k) ===== Kavanaugh. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO) 321
My favorite may be "The Election" series, a cynical look at politics during the British election of 1756. I have large prints of "Gin Lane" and "Beer Alley" (printed around 1830) in my man cave, and yes, I was an English History major.
Posted by: Martin Tell at January 15, 2026 10:53 AM (sFNX2) If hogarth were alive today, he could do a series about Renee Good, entitled: "The Woke's Progress". End with her brains splattered on the headrest of her Honda. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 10:58 AM (8zz6B) 322
Yeah. You don't "impeach" cabinet posts.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 10:55 AM (FzgDV) If I'm going to "impeach" a cabinet member, I still can't decide whether it should be Noem or Tulsi. And sure, I'm willing to give a little tickle to Pam, but only if she keeps her mouth shut. Her voice is grating. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:58 AM (dGCAG) 323
AoSHQ commenters being the sheepish followers we are, everyone else decided they needed to do the same.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:56 AM Sheepish followers???? * adjusting of kilts * Posted by: Scotsmen at January 15, 2026 10:58 AM (aAUyt) Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:59 AM (qFwJc) 325
Somebody should tell Walz he's the governor in a state that is in a union.
But you know why the Dems never say "states rights". Is because of they get the controls back they want *all* the power. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:00 AM (wn5dH) 326
AoSHQ commenters being the sheepish followers we are, everyone else decided they needed to do the same.
Posted by: BurtTC I would never wear Speedo's and crocs. A Vespa and messenger bag maybe. Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:01 AM (abIsI) 327
Punk Munkey is nood
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2026 11:01 AM (2UnvF) 328
325 Somebody should tell Walz he's the governor in a state that is in a union.
But you know why the Dems never say "states rights". Is because of they get the controls back they want *all* the power. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:00 AM (wn5dH) ===== Nah. He can pronounce himself king of a geographically undefined nation of elites with illegal immigrants as their slaves. Should be interesting. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 15, 2026 11:01 AM (GBKbO) 329
I have a prediction!
All wild-card weekend winners will lose to teams that had the weekend off. Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:59 AM (qFwJc) There will be two teams in the Super Bowl, and one of them will lose. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 11:02 AM (8zz6B) 330
I have a prediction!
All wild-card weekend winners will lose to teams that had the weekend off. Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 10:59 AM (qFwJc) Only the top seed gets the first week off. The Sea Squawks are legit contenders, but the Broncos are fake pretenders. The Bills will crush them. Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 11:02 AM (dGCAG) 331
I would never wear Speedo's and crocs. A Vespa and messenger bag maybe.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 15, 2026 11:01 AM If you're not the lead sheep, the view never changes. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 11:02 AM (0sNs1) 332
AoSHQ commenters being the sheepish followers we are, everyone else decided they needed to do the same.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2026 10:56 AM Sheepish followers???? * adjusting of kilts * Posted by: Scotsmen at January 15, 2026 10:58 AM (aAUyt) --- That's shear slander! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:03 AM (wn5dH) 333
The circuit is also majority GOP, so solid chance of a majority GOP en banc selection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison ------ 3rd circuit is roughly split last time I checked. Either way, I think Khalil gets deported because the panel noted that Khalil's lawyers were required to file an appeal directly with the appellate court from immigration law, district courts do not have jurisdiction by law even under habeas. So Khalil is asking for extraordinary relief based on being a protester being selectively punished by deportation. That sort of 1st Amendment claim under the liberty clause means Khalil has to prove that he was deported mainly because of his views as punishment, not his past actions in lying on immigration forms, or leading violent protests at Columbia to take over campus buildings. The problem with Khalil's application is that a) was not entitled to habeas relief so the trial judge's opinion of facts is thrown out, b) he brought himself to the attention of authorities not via speech but the violent takeover of Columbia's campus. Not protected speech nor is his lying on immigration documents. So it is as reasonable gov't punished him for criminal actions not speech. Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:03 AM (WDjG6) 334
One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury
Posted by: Michael K at January 15, 2026 11:03 AM (UDMQ0) 335
Yeah. You don't "impeach" cabinet posts.
Posted by: rickb223 ====== ? Actually the first impeachments were of Senator Blount of TN which leaves murky whether members of Congress can be impeached because he resigned before it happened. Second impeachment of cabinet official was Grant's Sec. of War, again he resigned before being impeached. But the history of impeachment clearly shows that it was intended for any executive official (see how it was used by the Brits from which we derived our take on it). Posted by: whig at January 15, 2026 11:06 AM (WDjG6) 336
$265.37 an hour. Not bad for a student who has no specific skills.
Pull the other one. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 15, 2026 10:50 AM (0sNs1) Unrealistic Employment is the new Lace Wigs. Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at January 15, 2026 11:08 AM (qAuhB) 337
Does any man find Botox face remotely attractive?
It's worse than metal buggers to me. A botox-face better have a nice rack to offset. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 11:12 AM (wn5dH) 338
In a totally inappropriate comment I think Noem is kinda hot in a protective vest and baseball cap.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 15, 2026 10:54 AM (8CIFn) I second the emotion! Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 15, 2026 11:13 AM (5xuJ/) 339
Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh Venezuelans ERUPT in cheers after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says outside the White House, "we count on President Trump for FREEDOM!" She just met with 47 Machado has dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump because she know he makes PEACE everywhere! https://tinyurl.com/mr46ewvm Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 03:32 PM (NpAcC) 340
A nice little Quilting Bee for the women here
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 15, 2026 05:06 PM (wGqjj) The Morning Report — 1/15/26![]() An illegal Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis after he allegedly fled during a traffic stop and beat the “ambushed” officer with a snow shovel Wednesday evening, the Department of Homeland Security said.Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?" More accurately, they are not protesters but terrorists interfering with law enforcement doing its duty to protect the citizenry and arrest criminals, illegal aliens and criminal illegal aliens. The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts as it is he and his ilk that have labeled the President as literally Hitler and ICE as the equivalent of the Gestapo. Anyone who uses their car, a snow shovel, a molotov cocktail and even firearms against law enforcement deserves to be dealt with and should be met with lethal force. If we're going to target tyranny, instead of IRGC barracks and command and control installations, maybe the President should be targeting the DNC, the Soros HQ, Ford Foundation and so on and so on. If you want to know why Charlie Kirk is dead and why ICE agents are under assault, I give you this radioactive subhuman cancerous fistula of a soulless zombie: Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said chances were “high” that America could lose its democracy between now and next November. Murphy said, “I think that the president’s first just trying to make people stay home, trying to make ordinary citizens fear going out on the streets. But that doesn’t seem to be working, given the number of people that are turning out in these special elections, the number of people that are turning out for protests. So now, possibly he takes a look at the elections itself. Maybe he does try to take voting machines in a state where his candidate lost a close election. Maybe he goes in ahead of time and tries to use the military in order to take control of polling places. We’re going to have to, you know, have an army of lawyers unfortunately ready to be able to make sure that the Constitution is protected headed into this next election. We’ll be ready. The Supreme Court is probably going to have a role to play here. By and large, they have sided with this totalitarian takeover, but there will probably be a seminal case before the court between now and November where they’ll be asked, Can Trump federalize these elections, or can he not? That will be maybe one of the most dispositive moments as we try to make sure that he doesn’t, transparently rig the elections.” He added, “I do believe that this is the most serious threat to democracy since the Civil War. I think that we are at a 5050 moment right now. I think the chances are high that we could lose our democracy between now and next November. And so I want there to be a level of urgency out in America. I’m sometimes frustrated about the lack of urgency that some of my colleagues show, internally, about this moment. But I am actually optimistic because I have seen the American people refuse to be bullied into silence.”I pray every night and day that Chris Murphy's "DEMOCRACY" has a kryptonite stake driven into its black heart of darkness and goes straight to hell for all time. I want my constitutional Republic as founded restored! Projection ain't just a river in Egypt. You know the rigging is going to be massive next November and instead of ramming ICE agents, Sleeper cells of Renee Goods, shovel-wielding illegal aliens, Somalians and others are already being trained in how to interfere at polling stations or ballot counting/sorting locations as we saw in Wayne County Michigan on Election Night in 2020. Meh, you don't have to be Kreskin to have that brainwave. Any police officer or legitimate GOP poll watcher will become a target of Democrat-Party approved/planned/Fomented terrorism. I said it here first. I wasn't going to quote Murphy, the filthy scumbag, but evil must be stared in the face and confronted head on if we are to defeat it. And if the midterms do go our way, Even if we squeak out a win in just one race for dogcatcher somewhere, the Democrat terrorism will be off the charts. Have a great day. And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
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Good morning JJ and horde
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:21 AM (i+wP0) 2
And as always dutifully called em
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:22 AM (i+wP0) 3
WTFO
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 15, 2026 07:22 AM (gbOdA) 4
I don't see the big deal. The criminal got shot in the leg, just as Joe Biden advised.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F) 5
"What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight? "
Solar power production goes down 25%, making it even more of a farce. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F) 6
No, Joe wanted a shotgun fired in the air to scare them
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:28 AM (i+wP0) 7
This is another example of a serious quality control problem at Boeing, where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures.
———- Counterpoint: the diversity is through the roof, now! Posted by: Cray Cray at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (HvW4E) 8
g'mornin' again, 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (tljrc) Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (dUiJm) 10
If it's really "Our Democracy" then I would like to put my share up for auction.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F) Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 15, 2026 07:30 AM (nXhwP) 12
Good morning, JJ and all good people of the horde persuasion.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 07:30 AM (o2ZRX) 13
Geez, these Western European countries only care about 2 things: eliminating their native population and preventing Trump from getting Greenland.
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 15, 2026 07:31 AM (HvW4E) 14
June 1, 2020:
"Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack in the line of duty should shoot their assailants “in the leg instead of the heart” as a way to avert the killing of civilians" Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F) 15
The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts as it is he and his ilk that have labeled the President as literally Hitler and ICE as the equivalent of the Gestapo.
MAZE @mazemoore May, 2016. CNN does a segment entitled "A Day with ICE in a so-called Sanctuary City." CNN literally rode around with ICE from the break of dawn until nighttime, watching while ICE conducted raids and arrested illegals. ICE arrested some right at their jobs. CNN was not criticizing ICE. They were celebrating ICE. It was "exclusive access" during the Obama years and CNN considered it a privilege to get to watch ICE work. ICE even made a "mistake" arrest. CNN had no problem with it. Six months later Trump won the election and ICE was then labeled the gestapo. X video (06:25): https://bit.ly/49mRzJ7 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:32 AM (P5BPp) 16
Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 07:32 AM (U2OZr) 17
MAZE @mazemoore
2016. Obama's Press Secretary is asked about reports that during immigration raids, ICE agents were storming into homes, going room to room looking for illegals, and making children tremble with fear. I thought only fascist Presidents do that sort of thing. Why was the press so civil? Why weren't they crying or at least calling Obama a nazi? How come nobody was shaving their head in protest? Surely there were a bunch of angry white liberal wine moms outside the building screaming at the top of their lungs, right? Always keep in mind how fake and performative the outrage is. X video (2:00): https://bit.ly/3LIbFV7 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:34 AM (P5BPp) 18
We need a national presidential address on what is going on with the Left (including the media) right now in America.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:36 AM (VnsnO) 19
Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:37 AM (77rzZ) 20
Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!
Posted by: Creepy Joe at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1) 21
Heh. Minneapolis has a Chief O’Hara.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (77rzZ) 22
15 The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts...
Not really. Very much within the charts of Leftist psychopathology. We have watched this for years without inflicting any meaningful consequence. Why wouldn't they ratchet it up? Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (VnsnO) 23
Murphy: ‘Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November’
Speaking of Democracy... And the Republican effort to lose the mid-terms continues on as usual... Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav The “Republican” majority backstabbed their voters for the second time tonight. 81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right. Elon’s DOGE efforts specifically targeted this organization for defunding and some of the same Republicans who cheered it on for the cameras voted with Democrats to stop it. X video ( 00:18 ): https://bit.ly/45Wi5GX Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:40 AM (P5BPp) 24
>>>What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play.
Never give up your guns. Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 07:40 AM (dK+Kv) 25
"How to Survive an Encounter With the Cops for Dummies" in seven words: Do what they tell you do do.
If they've violated your rights or done you wrong in some way, save it for later, and let a judge chew their ass out. Posted by: Evil Incarnate at January 15, 2026 07:42 AM (YrqgQ) 26
*"How to Survive an Encounter With the Cops for Dummies" in seven words: Do what they tell you do do.* Here's a helpful instructional video: https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8 Posted by: From Chris Rock at January 15, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1) 27
State Department Freezes Visas for Welfare-Dependent Migrants from 75 Countries
-- I'm sure we're all aware of what's going to happen the next D presidency (which will come, eventually). We will see biblical amounts of immigration from every hellhole on earth, as our borders will dissolve and a crush of the world's worst populations will arrive. They will make sure it happens. Retribution for these years under Trump's presidency will be horrifying. Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI) 28
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara…. Didn’t I see this pathetic lump openly weeping on TV for the poor oppressed Somali community? There was some police chief up there who made a crying fool of himself at a presser….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 07:46 AM (YobFY) 29
Murphy: ‘Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November’
Oooo, we have a new member! Posted by: Drama Queens, Inc. at January 15, 2026 07:46 AM (Y1sOo) 30
Retribution for these years under Trump's presidency will be horrifying.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI) And a wave of prosecutions against current ICE agents and DHS leadership. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (VnsnO) 31
Chris Rock’s PSA is hilarious… and absolutely correct and appropriate for these times
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (YobFY) 32
81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right.
-- Gee, I'll have to wonder how many of those 81 receive campaign contributions from this NGO. Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI) 33
Democrats don't care about these people. They WANT them to be cannon fodder. They incite them to get into a confrontation w/ the po-po, to cause a tragedy that will anger people and get them to the polls to vote Democrat.
Democrat frenemies of black people have been doing this for years- encouraging them to get physical w/ the cops with false narratives like "hands-up-don't-shoot." It NEVER turns out good for the instigator. I guarantee, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Bill DeBlasio DO NOT coach their black chi'ren to get confrontational w/ law enforcement. Posted by: Evil Incarnate at January 15, 2026 07:48 AM (YrqgQ) 34
The left keeps pushing this lie "without a warrant."
And the cartel judges are happy to assist in amplifying it. But. It is a lie. ICE does not need a warrant. Supreme Court precedent is clear: A reasonable suspicion the subject is illegal is sufficient to stop, temporarily detain and inspect your documents--including even if you claim you are a citizen. Yes, that standard is lower than the requirements to stop you for suspicion of a crime. But none of this would be necessary if blue locales would honor ICE detainers. And that is what is causing all this-- the insurrection of the left. PS: yes, being here illegally is a crime. You can only be detained for crimes, not "civil penalties" Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 07:48 AM (Rp9Ti) 35
Let's not press our luck. No flights into Iranian airspace unless it by a standoff/cruise missiles. No TV images of US Military in brutal captivity.
Posted by: JM in illinois at January 15, 2026 07:48 AM (JmS0k) 36
Retribution for these years under Trump's presidency will be horrifying.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI) And a wave of prosecutions against current ICE agents and DHS leadership. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (VnsnO) I’m worried Trump himself and his family will be targets (both legal and extralegal) Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 07:50 AM (sBt/s) 37
5 "What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight? "
Massive outbreaks of Vitamin D deficiency leading to rickets, osteoporosis, and other diseases of the skeleton. Posted by: They want us starved and stunted at January 15, 2026 07:50 AM (TbWk/) 38
46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman
-- Ah, yes. The GOP. The gift that keeps on giving. With friends like these.... Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI) 39
@36
>>I’m worried Trump himself and his family will be targets (both legal and extralegal) Of this there can be no doubt, like Khan, they will never give him up. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:53 AM (dUiJm) 40
Leftists are itching for a Civil War
Just as Lenin, he will tell you Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:54 AM (i+wP0) 41
315 million smackaroos can buy a lot of politicians.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:55 AM (dUiJm) 42
"..I pray every night and day that Chris Murphy's "DEMOCRACY" has a kryptonite stake driven into its black heart of darkness and goes straight to hell for all time. I want my constitutional Republic as founded restored!..."
Ditto! The dems have nada. All they have to be against all the good things that are happening. Posted by: Marlene at January 15, 2026 07:57 AM (RVvyq) 43
Aside from EPA’s concerns about a technology whose centerpiece is the injection of vast amounts of a criteria pollutant into the stratosphere, there are other reasons to be worried about solar geoengineering. What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight?
Anyone considering that should be thrown in a tree-chipper. 536 AD is Considered the Worst Year Across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, a mysterious atmospheric dust veil caused: 18 months of near-total darkness, with the sun described as dim “like the moon” even at midday Global temperature drops of 1.5–2.5°C, contributing to the coldest decade in 2,300 years Crop failures, famine, and widespread social disruption Scientific research now attributes this to a massive volcanic eruption, likely in Iceland, which blasted ash across the Northern Hemisphere. Two additional eruptions followed in 540 and 547, worsening the long-term effects. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 07:58 AM (KhyP1) 44
" America could lose its democracy ", says NJ Senator Chris Murphy. Pure projection.
If (when?) the Ds take the White House and Congress, I expect a crackdown of freedoms that will make the UK changes look like nursery school. Posted by: JM in illinois at January 15, 2026 07:59 AM (fDRWy) 45
Everything the Left is doing should have been entirely predicted and a proactive counter-propaganda plan in place to deal with it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:59 AM (VnsnO) 46
Sorry. Sen. Murphy is from Connecticut.
Posted by: JM in illinois at January 15, 2026 08:00 AM (fDRWy) 47
When Democrats say "our democracy" they mean one-party rule by Democrats.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (d7u3h) 48
Good morning horde!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e) 49
> Leftists are itching for a Civil War
-------- I think we're already in one. A shooting one. Not some sort of "cold" civil war with political gamesmanship as the only "fighting." The left acknowledged this when they started to use physical violence against us. We, to a fairly large degree, still haven't acknowledged it. That perspective is changing, and the media is hell bent on making us the "bad guys." Because we dared to fight back... on the left's terms. With violence. And there can be none of that. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (U2OZr) 50
Morning all
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (FzgDV) 51
Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde. Posted by: Inogame at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (Ms6EF) 52
@46
>>Sorry. Sen. Murphy is from Connecticut. CT, NY, NJ regularly compete for the title of worst Senators. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 08:02 AM (dUiJm) 53
When popes and bishops go astray.
The Worm-Filled Vatican Synodal Church _______ While I agree the synodal movement is full of problems, I long ago learnt to distrust all discussion of the Church from that source. Right at the start - Francis was a Peronist, not a Marxist. This has always been obvious. (Those who see no difference are not worth arguing with.) Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2026 08:02 AM (s0JqF) 54
49 Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (U2OZr)
If we were really in a Civil War, surely we'd be stacking their filthy corpses like cordwood by now? So far we're the only ones with the casualties. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2026 08:04 AM (x0n13) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 15, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1) 56
I loved the movie "The Secret Six" and it depicts the modern urban landscape perfectly. I've watched dozens of pre-Code movies and enjoyed the more realistic takes many of them offer. Skyscraper Souls (1932) is another good one.
Posted by: Old And In The Way at January 15, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2) 57
"The Supreme Court Can’t Dodge Biology"
Well, they are not biologists. Some are not even very good judges. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F) 58
How do you suppose the GOP voting to save Boasberg hits with the MAGA base?
"Gee why don't Trump votes carry over?" Join the GOP for reasons! Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:06 AM (cS1cw) 59
The Pope smokes dope!
Posted by: David Peel and the Lower East Side at January 15, 2026 08:07 AM (oftw2) 60
Watch Battle of Algeria, terrorism works to start a civil war very often
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:08 AM (i+wP0) 61
>> Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:01 AM (U2OZr)
If we were really in a Civil War, surely we'd be stacking their filthy corpses like cordwood by now? So far we're the only ones with the casualties. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2026 08:04 AM (x0n13) --------- It's early yet. And not all of "us" have acknowledged this fact. Slowly we're coming around, but the media's framing us a "the bad guys" is turning off a lot of people to the inevitable. We took one of the left's stormtroopers the other day and you'd think we'd have shot Obama by the outrage portrayed by the media. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:09 AM (U2OZr) 62
Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants
They're all criminal migrants. Not only are they in the country illegally but, having arrives, they are either working illegally - either via stolen papers or cash under the table, or they are receiving welfare in violation of, at least, federal law. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e) 63
When Democrats say "our democracy" they mean one-party rule by Democrats.
——— Now do “Our Diversity” Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:10 AM (gToVg) 64
46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman
Why isn't the DOJ accomplishing more!!! Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e) 65
Leftists are itching for a Civil War
I think it is inevitable at this point. The Left are straight up demonic. Even God doesn't bother to reform demons; He lets them play their course, for His ultimate purpose, then casts them for eternity in Outer Darkness. Romans 13 says the Government bears the sword against evil. Two things: The government is evil, there isn't enough Salt & Light to quell the general population's growing frustration. Broadly speaking, one party is evil, the other party winks at it or is involved in the evil. (eg: Funding NED as a bipartisan effort) Right now, you deliberately have to go on the X to play in the War. When X moves to your home, its Game On because the GOP refuses to incarcerate any evil doer. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:11 AM (xE0sV) 66
Does anybody remember how Breitbart fought? He would get in the Left's faces. He did this increasingly right up to his death. He was basically a cheerful bloke who enjoyed engaging with opponents, and so this shift into intense fury was especially effective and seemed to stun Leftists. They did not expect him to do this. Just as they don't expect us to do it. In Alinksy's parlance, he dared to personalize and polarize. There was his memorable confrontation with Max Blumenthal. And with Jonathan Karl of ABC. Many others. In his final days he absolutely wigged out at street protestors in Los Angeles and had to be dragged away by his cohort.
We're too f*cking polite. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 08:11 AM (VnsnO) 67
"Our" democracy is like going in half on a car with someone and you never get to drive "our" car.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F) 68
If we were really in a Civil War, surely we'd be stacking their filthy corpses like cordwood by now?
So far we're the only ones with the casualties. Posted by: J.J. Sefton We're NOT in a hot civil war. Not yet anyway. Because I have a list. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:13 AM (FzgDV) 69
And you still have to pay for all the gas and maintenance.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F) 70
Right at the start - Francis was a Peronist, not a Marxist. This has always been obvious. (Those who see no difference are not worth arguing with.)
—— Argentina was once the 3rd wealthiest country on the Planet. Maybe it’s merely a distinction without a difference? I’m not doubting you, though sometimes it isn’t really worth trying to separate the fly shit from the pepper. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:14 AM (gToVg) 71
Murphy said, “I think that the president’s first just trying to make people stay home, trying to make ordinary citizens fear going out on the streets. =============== Nothing like COVID mind you! Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 15, 2026 08:15 AM (x4Mz/) 72
As an ordinary citizen I do not fear ICE at all. Why should I?
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:16 AM (cS1cw) 73
I think Arpaio style prison camps will work for the protesters. Pink uniforms and PB&J sammies.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (cS1cw) 74
Today Is National Bagel Day. 🥯
Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC) 75
Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ
Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?" ==== It will stop when more of these fvckers get shot. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX) 76
69 And you still have to pay for all the gas and maintenance.
Posted by: fd And fix the dents, clean the coffee stains out of upholstery and carpet, and pay to get the vehicle out of the yard when the other asshole manages to get it towed away. Posted by: French Fry In The Console at January 15, 2026 08:18 AM (oftw2) 77
"Our democracy."
Remember ☪☮𝔼✡⚧☯✝ That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means? It means "we" have to learn to coexist with "them" on their terms. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (U2OZr) 78
66 — I’ve always wondered if Andrew Brietbart was murdered. He was quite young… probably not but who knows. I have similar thoughts about Angelo Codevilla…. Too much conspiracy thinking!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (k0PcD) 79
"What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight? "
Solar power production goes down 25%, making it even more of a farce. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F) Temperatures start to drop across the planet. What if they can't control it. Temperatures continue to drop across the planet. A new ice age begins sooner than it will naturally. 90%+ of all life on Earth dies. Yay? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e) 80
74 Today Is National Bagel Day. 🥯
Posted by: redridinghood You should see how we form bagel (and donut) holes! Posted by: Diseased Somali Bagel Maker at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2) 81
We need a national presidential address on what is going on with the Left (including the media) right now in America.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 07:36 AM (VnsnO) ===== He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX) 82
Heh. Minneapolis has a Chief O’Hara.
Posted by: Bulg at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (77rzZ) Where's Commissioner Gordon. And more importantly, his lovely daughter Barbara? Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX) 83
I often bring a bagel for mini break, have a cinnamon bun today
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (i+wP0) 84
PDT has talked about doing a campaign tour and I imagine he will address all of these issues
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:24 AM (0KSrI) 85
Re: Abortion By Mail
I'm currently going through a natural miscarriage, with no drugs aiding the process. The doctor wanted me to: Get two ultrasounds Let them know when I started bleeding and how much Get blood tests every few days to check my hormone levels Be prepared for a D and C in case not everything came out And Dems want women to just take drugs mailed to them with little to no doctor oversight. How many women have died from this? How many will die from this? Posted by: pookysgirl, being assisted by the medical community at January 15, 2026 08:24 AM (Wt5PA) 86
Pink uniforms and PB&J sammies.
——- “Nutriloaf” or prison loaf. Sometimes used as a disciplinary measure. It’s a type of loaf that meets nutritional guidelines but isn’t widely liked. Like most things, Americans don’t know good they have it. In some countries, they do not believe there is any obligation to provide meals, merely due to your being incarcerated in prison. Better have family on the outside, or plenty of money. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:25 AM (gToVg) 87
PDT has talked about doing a campaign tour and I imagine he will address all of these issues ==== (this morning) Donald Trump: 'If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:25 AM (g47mK) 88
Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!
Posted by: Creepy Joe at January 15, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1) Perhaps you've heard my song? Posted by: Garrett Morris, SNL OG at January 15, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX) 89
CT, NY, NJ regularly compete for the title of worst Senators.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 08:02 AM (dUiJm)*** *tao tao tap* - Is this thing on? Posted by: Delaware at January 15, 2026 08:27 AM (Bo9Yf) 90
"He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side."
Set it up exactly like Biden did. Sit back and enjoy the wailing. Posted by: connected and litigious at January 15, 2026 08:27 AM (cS1cw) 91
Because I have a list.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:13 AM (FzgDV) ==== Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine? Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX) 92
He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side.
——- And then break the 4th wall - and turn the lights back up. “Remember sleepy Joe?” And then give a normal speech, plus a plug for Toys for Tots and the Marines looking strack and smiling, instead of going all fascist and shit. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (gToVg) 93
My hate feed had a wonderful article the other day.
Seems some poor kid is claiming he's permanently blind in one eye after being hit by a pepper ball at the LA riots. Now, mind you, almost all of the facts for the story are relayed by the "aunt." No quotes from the alleged victim. Paragraph after paragraph about how they just shot him a close range (for no reason). Then, how the docs found a piece of metal too close to the nerve and refused to remove it. (only implying it was from a pepper ball, distinctly did not say it was) But here's the best part, after over half a page before you get this gem: "who is transitioning." And there it is. He wanna be a she but is now further along to being a pirate. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (HXT0k) 94
How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?
Posted by: Tick Tock at January 15, 2026 08:30 AM (aP8y5) 95
He wanna be a she but is now further along to being a pirate.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM (HXT0k) - See'inBad? Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 08:31 AM (Ti0Hb) 96
People's Hippo, if the pepperball had taken his nuts off that would have helped his delusion.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:31 AM (0KSrI) 97
Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho And alphabetized by last name first. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:31 AM (FzgDV) 98
How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?
Posted by: Tick Tock Is there a betting line? Ima say Sunday by 4:00 pm Central. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:33 AM (FzgDV) 99
83 I often bring a bagel for mini break, have a cinnamon bun today
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (i+wP0) ****** For Breakfast it's- French toast bagel Cinnamon raisin Egg bagel For lunch- Onion bagel Sesame seed Everything bagel Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC) 100
Cinnamon bun makes a mini break a full break.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX) 101
Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho And alphabetized by last name first. I wonder how much money I can get by offering a service where you upload your List and in return you have a Google-Earth styled map that tracks your quarry in real-time based on mobile phone location data? Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:34 AM (WCaCG) 102
>>How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?
Nick Sortor has video of Minneapolis thugs breaking into an ICE vehicle and stealing a rifle. I hope that rifle doesn't find its way into the hands of a troon-furry. Posted by: one hour sober at January 15, 2026 08:34 AM (Y1sOo) 103
And Dems want women to just take drugs mailed to them with little to no doctor oversight. How many women have died from this? How many will die from this?
Posted by: pookysgirl, being assisted by the medical community at January 15, 2026 08:24 AM (Wt5PA) More often than they want us to know about, I'd wager. They act like and want women to believe it's as insignificant as taking an Advil. Never mind the physical pain, psychological trauma, and risk of sepsis. It's not just anti-baby it's anti-woman. Posted by: One big disgusting bloodthirsty enterprise at January 15, 2026 08:36 AM (JvNAF) 104
> I wonder how much money I can get by offering a service where you upload your List and in return you have a Google-Earth styled map that tracks your quarry in real-time based on mobile phone location data?
--------- If you can index it to sort by closest, most efficient and most likely to avoid law enforcement.....? "Take my money" Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (U2OZr) 105
A lot of bagels have over 60 carbs. That's a bunch.
Posted by: Metabolic Disorder Mike at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2) 106
Where's Commissioner Gordon. And more importantly, his lovely daughter Barbara?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 15, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX) ===== And where pray tell is Eartha Kitt? Rowwwr. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX) 107
Then, how the docs found a piece of metal too close to the nerve and refused to remove it.
(only implying it was from a pepper ball, distinctly did not say it was) Yeah. Lying by omission. Pepper ball is paintball (gelatin) with capsicum powder. Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:38 AM (FzgDV) 108
How youse doin'
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:38 AM (ZxPkt) 109
"He should do it bathed in red light with a Marine standing at attention on either side."
Set it up exactly like Biden did. Sit back and enjoy the wailing. It is going to need a soundtrack with stirring thematic music. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:39 AM (9s47C) 110
And where pray tell is Eartha Kitt? Rowwwr.
Posted by: San Franpsycho She's gone, but Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether are still with us. Don't think the catsuit would look the same though. Posted by: Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2) 111
More often than they want us to know about, I'd wager. They act like and want women to believe it's as insignificant as taking an Advil. Never mind the physical pain, psychological trauma, and risk of sepsis. It's not just anti-baby it's anti-woman.
Posted by: One big disgusting bloodthirsty enterprise at January 15, 2026 08:36 AM (JvNAF) They are anti-human-life. Everything they do demonstrates this. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e) 112
Julie Newmar, the cat mask, and in those leather pants … made me feel funny
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (gToVg) 113
Remember ☪☮𝔼✡⚧☯✝
That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means? It means "we" have to learn to coexist with "them" on their terms. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:20 AM (U2OZr) --- Except several of the ideologies represented by those symbols are complete contradictory to one another. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (ESVrU) 114
>Report: U.S. Military Intervention in Iran Could Begin Within 24 Hours — Bases Pull Personnel, Shift Posture Across Region
--------- we're always just 24 hours away 24 hours from now, we'll be just 24 hours away Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt) 115
Julie Newmar, the cat mask, and in those leather pants … made me feel funny
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:40 AM (gToVg) That was the first thrust of manhood, old chum. Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (uQesX) 116
Sure looks to me like Trump and Co. have decided regime change in Iran is too hard and too risky, and we’re backing out of the idea. He made a mistake by promising support with no plans to actually do it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 08:42 AM (xVja5) 117
Poison Ivy Rorschach, of The Cramps could rock a catsuit in her day.
Posted by: Here, Kitty, Kitty! at January 15, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2) 118
How soon before another militant homosexual loon attacks and spills innocent blood?
Patience! This is not an exact science. We can only give them trigger phrases and set them in motion. Posted by: Their "Therapists" at January 15, 2026 08:43 AM (Jpad8) 119
*That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?*
It means Look At Me Driving My Self Righteous Subaru. Posted by: Because I'm also a homosexual at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1) 120
Tom Servo, what makes you think that?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (0KSrI) 121
They are anti-human-life. Everything they do demonstrates this.
—— It takes a lot of introspection and thought to arrive to this realization. It probably shouldn’t. But once it becomes clear, there is no denying it any longer. One cannot “unsee” it. Many things won’t make sense, until viewed correctly. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (gToVg) 122
we're always just 24 hours away
24 hours from now, we'll be just 24 hours away === Trump mindfkng the mullahs. Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (g47mK) 123
5 A lot of bagels have over 60 carbs. That's a bunch.
Posted by: Metabolic Disorder Mike at January 15, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2) ****** Everything in moderation. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC) 124
>Report: U.S. Military Intervention in Iran Could Begin Within 24 Hours — Bases Pull Personnel, Shift Posture Across Region
--------- we're always just 24 hours away 24 hours from now, we'll be just 24 hours away Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt) 24 Hours at a time Posted by: Marshall Tucker at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX) 125
It wasn't just the escaping illegal alien. The "ambush" happened after the illegal alien hit the officer, and was tussling with him, and TWO MORE PEOPLE came from the apartment complex and attacked the agent.
It would have been justice if the agent had gotten 6 good torso hits on those three attackers. They might need more dynamic range time. Posted by: GWB at January 15, 2026 08:44 AM (1DMFi) Posted by: Big Penguin at January 15, 2026 08:45 AM (0sNs1) 127
Analysis :
"What President Donald Trump did last night: He pushed the regime's system to the brink of the cliff, the regime entered the defensive state they had planned for since the June events (hidden locations for senior officials, changes to secret emergency frequencies, and so on). And since they, like the rest of the world, were certain an attack was underway, they fully exposed all their new emergency protocols that they had drilled on and so forth, at every level. Now that it's clear to them this was just a (ruse), they no longer have time to implement alternative protocols. While the regime thought the real moment had arrived, the Americans and their partners closely observed how the regime would react and what its new emergency protocols are; and this time it will be different from previous operations. And now the Americans are ready.⏳" tick , tock , tick, tock... Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:45 AM (g47mK) 128
The Iranians have asked for and need help from abroad to make it happen.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX) 129
>Sure looks to me like Trump and Co. have decided regime change in Iran is too hard and too risky, and we’re backing out....
Posted by: Tom Servo ----- and I thought I was alone in this view the opportunity of a lifetime, wasted Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt) 130
Those ugly women bought all those rape whistles over the years and no one - Not even a Somali- would rape them. But now with ICE, they finally get to use those whistles! So, good news for whistle manufacturers!
Posted by: Wally at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (0e5Te) 131
If you can index it to sort by closest, most efficient and most likely to avoid law enforcement.....?
Actually, the "avoiding law enforcement" is the easy part since mobile units transmit constant location data for their tactical centers and dispatch. Same way that delivery services track their drivers now. The problem with Real Time is the cost of the data and the fact that it is anonymized without court warrant. How we solved that problem in the past was to establish patterns of life and then by using a known location (i.e. their office or home) the anonymized data can be associated to an actual contact. ALPRs are a positive ID form that doesn't require warrant and is easier to present in court without having to answer a lot of inconvenient questions. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (nCgQz) 132
I think we're already in one. A shooting one. Not some sort of "cold" civil war with political gamesmanship as the only "fighting." The left acknowledged this when they started to use physical violence against us. We, to a fairly large degree, still haven't acknowledged it.
--- So, I went and read up on the raid on Harper's Ferry. 10 of Brown's men killed. 7 captured after and executed. 5 escaped. But this was interesting: The papers at the time didn't call it a "raid." They used: insurrection, treason, rebellion and crusade. Also, the militia mustered up to help decided they'd rather take a holiday and got "roaring drunk." LOL But Brown was no punk on a lark, he was very well funded and had long-planned his attack. And Antifa has their own division, inspired by and using his name. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (HXT0k) 133
He made a mistake by promising support with no plans to actually do it.
——- You might try giving him more than 24 minutes to fix everything. It could also be partly a matter of the president not wishing to telegraph his every move a year in advance, as so many before have done. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (gToVg) 134
I shan't belabor the point
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPkt) 135
black heart of darkness
* wing flaps and cackles in unison * Posted by: Big Penguin Settle down, tiny. This is my job. Posted by: Hillary Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 08:47 AM (FzgDV) 136
It means Look At Me Driving My Self Righteous Subaru.
Posted by: Because I'm also a homosexual When purchasing a used Lesbaru, be sure to check for wear on the right side of driver seat from the wallet chain. Posted by: Kelley Blue Book at January 15, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2) 137
Had leftover fried ham, potatoes and peppers over eggs this morning
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 08:48 AM (i+wP0) 138
Except several of the ideologies represented by those symbols are complete contradictory to one another.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 08:41 AM Consistency is the hobgoblin of the small minds of the mouth-breathing deplorable pale cis-troglodytes. Posted by: Progressive Liberal at January 15, 2026 08:49 AM (0sNs1) 139
Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?"
--- They would challenge your assertion that it is not all about them. Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 08:49 AM (Q4cxx) 140
He made a mistake by promising support with no plans to actually do it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 08:42 AM (xVja5) Unless as some say that was deliberate strategy to expose Iranian defenses. But otherwise I agree. If he nixes plans for material support, and the revolt dies, he will have tragically underestimated the importance of this moment and opportunity. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 08:49 AM (VnsnO) 141
JJ was a big fan boi of the invasion and occupation vof Iraq and Afghanistan. Getting rid of Saddam allowed the global expansion of ISIS.
JJ does not have a good school track record of being able to look into the future and see the fruition of his war plans. We got rid of Maduro, without any real idea of what would happen later. Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (Yzdwe) 142
*That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?*
It means Look At Me Driving My Self Righteous Subaru. Same motivation as those cars that bear the oval "26.2" or "140.6" except without any of the effort or discipline. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (nCgQz) 143
Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM Pivot tables? Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (0sNs1) 144
if anyone reposts the troll, I...will be very disappointed in you!
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK) 145
Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM Pivot tables? Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (0sNs1) --- Bam! The Excel Sheet Smack-down has begun! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Q4cxx) 146
Is your list indexed and cross-filed by state and locality like mine?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:28 AM Pivot tables? Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (0sNs1) --- Bam! The Excel Sheet Smack-down has begun! Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2026 08:52 AM (Q4cxx) --- My Excel-Fu is middling at best. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (ESVrU) 147
The foreign embassies in Tehran have removed all personnel
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (0KSrI) 148
You might try giving him more than 24 minutes to fix everything. It could also be partly a matter of the president not wishing to telegraph his every move a year in advance, as so many before have done.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 08:46 AM (gToVg) I’ve been one of his biggest supporters, and would love to see the Iranian Regime fail. But I never could figure out a path to do that with airstrikes alone, and now it looks as though US forces are standing down and the threats we made were just a bluff that’s been called. Politically it’s the necessary decision; we can’t get involved in another long war in the Middle East. But it’s very sad to abandon all those protesters to their fate. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (xVja5) 149
> if anyone reposts the troll, I...will be very disappointed in you!
Posted by: runner --- can we say rude things about the troll? Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (ZxPkt) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX) 151
Tucker Qatarlson will probably try to claim Jacob Frey is Jewish.
Posted by: Strange Brew at January 15, 2026 08:55 AM (zcVps) 152
I would imagine we have the proverbial boots on the ground inside Iran. Observers, spies. Probably paired with, or working with the opposition. It's likely the phase where we get to know the regime's routines, and plan accordingly.
We observed Maduro's routines for months before making a move. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 08:56 AM (U2OZr) Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:57 AM (g47mK) 154
Cucker is on Ozempic ! his ass got too fat , so he is taking it, and now looks half his size. he is worried about his look!
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 08:58 AM (g47mK) 155
If the regime in Tehran falls, I want Trump to be credited.
He will have cemented his place in history as the man who undid the globalist project. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX) 156
The Post Company focus-grouped Shitty Pebbles, but it polled badly, so they went with Fruity Pebbles instead.
Posted by: Ex Post Fatso at January 15, 2026 08:59 AM (oftw2) 157
81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right.
-- Gee, I'll have to wonder how many of those 81 receive campaign contributions from this NGO. Posted by: Lady in Black at January 15, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI) == Immediately thought the same thing. Posted by: Black JEM at January 15, 2026 08:59 AM (GZYu7) 158
Trump might be a master baiter, but he is not a masturbator. He has Melania.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 09:00 AM (MZ+PY) 159
Bonus Diaz, y'all. Haya JJ.
Right off the top: Was this quoted bit written by AI or something? …An illegal Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg … after he allegedly fled during a traffic stop and beat the “ambushed” officer with a snow shovel … The illegal did not wield the snow shovel, as the third paragraph clarifies. And the "ambush" seemed unplanned and spontaneous. Quotemarks appropriate. Now on with the coffee and more Report… 🍵🌅 Posted by: mindful webworker - a newt, but I got better at January 15, 2026 09:00 AM (FMpsC) 160
She's gone, but Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether are still with us. Don't think the catsuit would look the same though."
There was a clip of Fiona Bruce (BBC Babe) wearing one of the 60's catsuits... rawwwwer. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR) 161
154 Cucker is on Ozempic ! his ass got too fat , so he is taking it, and now looks half his size. he is worried about his look!
Posted by: runner Also shrunk his fuckin' brain! Posted by: Grey Matters at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (oftw2) 162
Good morning Horde. Thx JJ.
Interesting being without phone or Internet for over a half a day. Got halfway through my annual reading of 1984. Got a laugh the other day when a leftist woman I know posted a quote from 1984 about the party making you not believe your eyes or ears. I ran across the line that women were the most bigoted and seekers of unorthodoxy. Just shook my head Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (Oql3v) 163
Scott Jennings
@ScottJenningsKY “Minnesota will remain an island” Walz cannot be more explicit - this buffoon believes he is seceding from the Union. We are well into Insurrection Act territory. Refers to the federal government as an “occupation.” Walz channeling 1860’s Democratic energy here. Unbelievable. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC) 164
Today Is National Bagel Day. 🥯
Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC) Former New Yorkers hardest hit *insert eyeroll here* Posted by: Doof at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (dP47V) 165
Tucker Qatarlson will probably try to claim Jacob Frey is Jewish.
I didn't know that Tucker controlled the Wikipedia page on Frey where it clearly states that his mother is Ashkenazi and Jacob's father adopted Judaism. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 09:01 AM (nAS9C) 166
The Post Company focus-grouped Shitty Pebbles, but it polled badly, so they went with Fruity Pebbles instead."
So, "no" on the Schweddy Balls? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR) 167
17 How come nobody was shaving their head in protest? Surely there were a bunch of angry white liberal wine moms outside the building screaming at the top of their lungs, right?
Always keep in mind how fake and performative the outrage is. X video (2:00): https://bit.ly/3LIbFV7 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:34 AM (P5BPp) Because they'll never compare a Demoncrat to Hitler, no matter what. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 09:02 AM (6Uni8) Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt) 169
Looks like John Harbaugh is going to the NYGiants
Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt) 170
The only interesting thing about Chris Murphy is his stupidity sometimes causes him to blurt out Kinsley gaffe type statements, and sometimes just plain vanilla but funny/stupid shit.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:04 AM (/pgyj) 171
“Minnesota will remain an island”
Island of what, exactly? More gubernors like Jessie or Waltzing? Misfit toys? Swedes on ice? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR) 172
People who know Jack and Shit about where Jews came from, are experts on "Asjkenazi". Mkay.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK) Posted by: Excel at January 15, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX) 174
The people harassing ICE are counter-revolutionaries. As in counter to the American Revolution.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1) 175
Now that Eva Vlaardingerbroeck is a newly received Roman Catholic, I'm thinking of joining too. Where does she attend Mass, I wonder.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:05 AM (/pgyj) Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 09:06 AM (Dv3i1) Posted by: A V-12 Ferrari at January 15, 2026 09:06 AM (vFG9F) 178
Have any NPR stations gone off the air yet?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 15, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1) 179
Bottom line and Republicans should make the message simple.
The Democrats support criminal illegal aliens over the American citizen. There are hundreds of examples. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:06 AM (KDPiq) 180
People who are harassing ICE when they are removing illegal criminals are just green-red intifadaists !
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:06 AM (g47mK) 181
Refers to the federal government as an “occupation.” Walz channeling 1860’s Democratic energy here. Unbelievable.
When the argument is easier to make that the Somalis have Occupied Minnisomalia. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 09:07 AM (BvPIe) 182
60 carbs is a lot.
Especially if they're four barrel. Posted by: Holley? Carter? at January 15, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1) 183
When the argument is easier to make that the Somalis have Occupied Minnisomalia."
Hey, we helped! /lutheran support services Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR) 184
Not surprised, coming from Gaetz.
Matt Gaetz Strongly Suggests Israelis Intentionally Set Patagonia Fires to Steal Land https://tinyurl.com/3eyy6ywj Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC) 185
That's supposed to be the "coexist" tagline. Know what the left thinks it means?
Posted by: Martini Farmer For the Initiates: We suck. We need to be disappeared. Acolytes: Make sure the Initiates know their place. Adepts: When we destroy the West, we will rule. Programmers: Kill everything. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 09:09 AM (mlg/3) 186
We're standing right here.
Posted by: Catholic Charities at January 15, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR) 188
The biggest problem with an attack on Iran, which was never addressed and which I believe is the main reason it’s not happening now is that we have no “Casus Belli”; no justification under US law which allows the President to launch an attack against some other country. Last year, the attack came when Iran said they were within weeks of making a nuclear weapon, a clear threat to our bases and allies in the region. We removed that threat.
But even though murdering their own people is disgusting and vicious, it is not a justification under our law for launching a war. There has to be more. (That’s why Bush and Cheney went down the “weapons of mass destruction “ rabbit hole with Saddam.) Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 09:10 AM (xVja5) 189
Gaetz is turning out exactly as expected from an (alleged) pedo.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:10 AM (g47mK) 190
I'd like to say let a blue state like Minnesota collapse, but I live in NYS and it's not far behind . All the blue states are having economic and social problems due to leftist legislation and politics , and they are all a step away from becoming Minnesota
Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 15, 2026 09:11 AM (Oql3v) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR) 192
The guys on Garage 54 made a V-16 using chainsaw motors and put it in a Lada. 16 carbs.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (vFG9F) 193
Dodged a bullet with Matt Gaetz. He gave no clue that I saw that indicated he was bat shit crazy like MTG and Tucker.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (KDPiq) 194
People who know Jack and Shit about where Jews came from, are experts on "Asjkenazi". Mkay.
Wikipedia. Same deep research as found on Bluesky and reddit Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (BvPIe) 195
That quote from Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): applying the filter of "they're always projecting," one can discern what they plan. Disrupting voting, fomenting "urgency," rigging the election. Tellingly, saying Trump may take voting machines — as if that's a bad thing.
Ack! Must quit commenting and just get on with the report and headline links. This is the problem of getting here before the art arrives. (Daisy Dog's new method of getting my up earlier is to bark insanely at the empty yard and sunrise so I'll let her out to the yard. It works.) Posted by: mindful webworker - a newt, but I got better at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (FMpsC) 196
The Democrats support criminal illegal aliens over the American citizen. There are hundreds of examples.
—— Tens of millions actually, nobody seems to be sure of the number. Or they ain’t tellin’, anyhow. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 09:14 AM (19v1I) 197
55 Mark Felton recently released an excellent video about Iran.
-- A little slanted. Seems he has an axe to grind about monarchies. "The shah leaves Iran in 1979." Yeah, in the way you "leave" your house when the mob shows up out front. And, "it is unclear whether such funding [by the US, under Reagan] continues" but his VA house is close to the CIA HQ, wink, wink. Eh, I don't know anything about Felton ... so ... muh. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 09:14 AM (HXT0k) 198
Last year, the attack came when Iran said they were within weeks of making a nuclear weapon, a clear threat to our bases and allies in the region.
=== 1) they said no such thing, we deduced it 2) the entire package of "attack" is not just bombs, it is PSYOP and cyber (read my @127), political moves inside, etc. it is happing now and we only see the tip, the visible tip of the whole thing Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:14 AM (g47mK) 199
193 Dodged a bullet with Matt Gaetz. He gave no clue that I saw that indicated he was bat shit crazy like MTG and Tucker.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (KDPiq) His appearances on Tim Pool's Youtube channel(s) a while back were a clue. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 09:14 AM (6Uni8) 200
Sarah Adams has her own podcast called The Watch Floor. She is a former CIA targetter, and wicked smart. In her last pod, she explained how Iran is not a nation or a government or whatever, but really a security state, with a very sophisticated and comprehensive means of control over the population. The odds are stacked against the protesters, but we'll see...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (MZ+PY) 201
Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA for bringing home the astronauts from the space station last night, a couple months ahead of schedule, and getting them into a San Diego hospital right away.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (lrfZA) 202
That quote from Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)"
Yeah, he's an idiot. Sound and fury.... I do still LOL at "muh democracy" (now shifting to "our" democracy... prolly polled better). Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR) 203
“Matt Gaetz Strongly Suggests Israelis Intentionally Set Patagonia Fires to Steal Land”
That is stupid and disgusting, and proof of why Matt Goetz should be permanently forgotten. I saw this claim a couple days ago, looked up the source and turns out the only source pushing it is a minor propaganda site in Turkey under Erdogan’s control. Everyone in Argentina said it was an ordinary forest fire which often happens in their summer months. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (xVja5) 204
Dodged a bullet with Matt Gaetz. He gave no clue that I saw that indicated he was bat shit crazy like MTG and Tucker.
No doubt. Could you imagine having Matt Gaetz as USAG instead of Pam Bondi? Posted by: Strange Brew at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (zcVps) 205
Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 09:14 AM (6Uni
I mean at the time he was the AG nominee. After he withdrew he started to show his true colors. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:16 AM (KDPiq) 206
In fact not only did they not say "We are 2 weeks from the bomb!", they pretended that they were interested in negotiating the program down, and were (to fk with them) in the middle of negotiation when Tump dropped everything on Fordow and other facilities.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK) 207
it is happing now and we only see the tip, the visible tip of the whole thing"
Now, enough of that. We'll have no sensible, thoughful, or rational thoughts expressed here. *now where's my pitchfork?* Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:17 AM (XuXeR) 208
188 The biggest problem with an attack on Iran, which was never addressed and which I believe is the main reason it’s not happening now is that we have no “Casus Belli”; no justification under US law which allows the President to launch an attack against some other country.
>>> THIS!! I also understand that DJT is a bit pissed because of the leaders of the Islamo Iran Nuthouse making assassination threats against him. But we had better think this through. I have a personal belief that this (conceivable) action is actually a result of the fact that Iran actually is on the very brink of operating a functioning nuclear weapon and the specific facts about this are not being disclosed. If so, carry on DJT, carry on. Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalis at January 15, 2026 09:17 AM (KROFU) 209
This is another example of a serious quality control problem at Boeing, where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures.
==================== Not a sentence anyone who flies on Boeing jets wants to read. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:17 AM (lrfZA) 210
Congratulations to SpaceX and NASA for bringing home the astronauts from the space station last night, a couple months ahead of schedule, and getting them into a San Diego hospital right away.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (lrfZA) An outbreak of space herpes? Posted by: Ice Pirates at January 15, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX) 211
Dodged a bullet with Matt Gaetz. He gave no clue that I saw that indicated he was bat shit crazy like MTG and Tucker.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (KDPiq) ***** Seriously? Many of us saw through his grift a long time ago. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC) 212
where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures."
Kamala, that you? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR) 213
> The biggest problem with an attack on Iran, which was never addressed and which I believe is the main reason it’s not happening now is that we have no “Casus Belli”
--------- Assassination plots not enough? Threats to assassinate the sitting president? I dunno... maybe? Besides, the mullahs still have thousands of ballistic missiles in storage, underground, scattered all over the country. They threaten to use them about every other day. I would prefer the mullahs to pack up and leave, avoiding any sort of unpleasantness. But they don't appear to be willing to do that. Perhaps a nudge would help them along. Like another flight of B-2's. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 15, 2026 09:18 AM (U2OZr) 214
Dodged a bullet with Matt Gaetz. He gave no clue that I saw that indicated he was bat shit crazy like MTG and Tucker.
___________ The TV preacher pompadour was kind of a tipoff. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 15, 2026 09:18 AM (XvL8K) 215
Murphy isn’t totally stupid, he’s more accurately described as type of saboteur.
Never ascribe to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice. Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 09:19 AM (19v1I) 216
Seriously?
Many of us saw through his grift a long time ago. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC) Example? Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:19 AM (KDPiq) 217
> Murphy said, “I think that the president’s first just trying to make people stay home, trying to make ordinary citizens fear going out on the streets.
You'll notice that Murphy isn't going out to riot himself, though. Jabbering on television is easy when you have no skin in the game. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (IG3/x) 218
Gaetz. I guess this is why so many mediocre careerists get the jobs -- low risk, no surprises.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (VnsnO) 219
Just a little dab'll do ya.
Posted by: Brylcreem at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1) 220
Danish Foreign Minister Cites ‘Fundamental’ Differences on Greenland’s Future After White House Talks.
It sounds like he's going to let them save face by "throwing us out" of NATO, taking all our bases in Europe and defending Europe themselves. Perfect. Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (mkOOA) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR) 222
Bongino and Gaetz in a Twitter spat is just stupid… they’re both loudmouths I don’t care what either has to say
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (sBt/s) 223
Turkey, Qatar are conducting massive anti-Israel campaign in the US, and are heavily relying on antisemites like cucker, gaetz, kelly and adjacent characters to push all kinds of shite, while they themselves successfully conducted jihadi takeover of US' financial capital of NY, and are moving to install their candidates in other cities.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (g47mK) 224
Dodged a bullet with Matt Gaetz. He gave no clue that I saw that indicated he was bat shit crazy like MTG and Tucker.
--- The fact that he has done absolutely zero in the last year since his resignation to advance conservative causes, candidates or policies tells you exactly who he really is. And how little he would have done at the DOJ. More damning is that he's done even less to rehabilitate his image. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 09:21 AM (HXT0k) 225
Sherrod Brown (-note) Supports Obamacare Subsidies, Took $400,000 from Health Insurance Lobbyists, Corporate PACs
======================== Only took $400K to buy him off? I am a little surprised the trust funder doesn't sell for more. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:21 AM (lrfZA) 226
"throwing us out" of NATO, taking all our bases in Europe and defending Europe themselves."
Aw, there you go getting our hopes up and all Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:22 AM (XuXeR) 227
cucker not once said anything negative about Mumdani, and even praised him, while conducting his little jihad against the Jews
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:22 AM (g47mK) 228
203 “Matt Gaetz Strongly Suggests Israelis Intentionally Set Patagonia Fires to Steal Land”
That is stupid and disgusting, and proof of why Matt Goetz should be permanently forgotten. I saw this claim a couple days ago, looked up the source and turns out the only source pushing it is a minor propaganda site in Turkey under Erdogan’s control. Everyone in Argentina said it was an ordinary forest fire which often happens in their summer months. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 09:15 AM (xVja5) He's also a "The Mossad killed Charlie Kirk" type. Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 09:22 AM (6Uni8) 229
189 Gaetz is turning out exactly as expected from an (alleged) pedo.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:10 AM (g47mK) According to the congressional committee report which was delayed, but still came out, it’s not just alleged. Matt Goetz paid for sex with a 17 year old Florida girl and bragged about it to many, but he can’t be charged because she had an official Florida ID that said she was 18 at the time. (Giving Gaetz plausible deniability) We know this because she admitted it in the trial of the Florida official who gave her that I.D., and who was pimping several 16 and 17 year old girls out of his office. He was convicted and is now in prison. He was also a good friend of Matt Goetz. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 09:23 AM (xVja5) 230
Bongino is the bureaucratic equivalent of a WWF performer.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 15, 2026 09:23 AM (VnsnO) 231
Starlink Gives Iranians Free Internet
So, I guess my Starlink subscription is helping the Iranians. All well and good, but I think Musk could give me a discount for my contribution. To, uh, um, let me continue to afford it. Yeah, that's the ticket. Posted by: mindful webworker - Starlink wants tuna that tastes good at January 15, 2026 09:23 AM (FMpsC) 232
> taking all our bases in Europe
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (mkOOA) If that happens, I hope we treat those bases the way we treated the installations in the Philippines when we got kicked out of there. Had a buddy who was involved in shutting down the Subic Bay navy base. According to him, they smashed all the windows, stabbed the coils of all the refrigerators and air conditioners with ice picks, destroyed the plumbing, etc. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:23 AM (IG3/x) 233
Example?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 09:19 AM (KDPiq) ******* You'd have to go back through the archived comments I could not stand him. Thought he was a fraud and a horrible choice for AG. Posted by: redridinghood at January 15, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC) 234
I saw that Mark Felton video about the 20th century history of Iran. It was very interesting. Dr. Felton mostly does quirky World War II stories, especially toward the end of the Reich. It's a fun channel for WWII history buffs when so much YouTube is just AI slop.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 15, 2026 09:24 AM (R86kT) 235
Bongino and Gaetz in a Twitter spat is just stupid… they’re both loudmouths I don’t care what either has to say
That's a little hard in Bongino, if we're being fair. Bongino, Patel, Bondi have served admirably in our justice system and have really got a lot done in just a year. Posted by: Strange Brew at January 15, 2026 09:24 AM (zcVps) 236
Erdogan looks like Biden these days, can't walk around without someone holding him up.
Posted by: runner at January 15, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK) 237
Matt Goetz"
Who (part 2.0)? Keep rehashing that fool why? BTW, how he was booted out was ... textbook. I laughed. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR) 238
Erdogan looks like Biden these days, can't walk around without someone holding him up."
So you're saying he'd fit in around Wash. DC just fine? Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR) 239
“Round up all the criminals,” Fetterman said. “Deport them. They shouldn’t have ever been here, and they definitely have to go.”
Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants ======================= Wow. He may be a lib, but he says some great stuff every now and again. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:26 AM (IJ38I) Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalis at January 15, 2026 09:27 AM (KROFU) 241
So, I guess my Starlink subscription is helping the Iranians. All well and good, but I think Musk could give me a discount for my contribution. To, uh, um, let me continue to afford it. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Posted by: mindful webworker ___________ Not sure if you were joking, but if do have it, what do you think about the cost and service? I'm looking at it as an alternative to Spectrum, which sucks and never comes close to the promised speeds. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 15, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K) 242
Walter Curt @wcdispatch
Okay @DataRepublican, and I did some general numbers on the SomaliFraud cash going through Minneapolis airport. According to reports, over 2 years, they moved roughly $700MM through the airport. That means (if they used $100 bills) they moved 7.7 metric tons of cash, and keep in mind, this is just what was flagged over the past 2 years. Couple notes on that number: That would essentially mean that the Somalis were taking a $1 million dollar duffle bag through the airport — EVERY SINGLE DAY — for two years. Further, we can assume that this is only the money that was flagged. If the Somalis were just wandering through without declaring every cash bag, we could be talking 10x the amount. The question then became: WHY Minneapolis? Well, after some quick discussing with regular travelers of the MN airports. The Somalis run the airport. They’re the ground crews. They’re the airport staff. They’re friggin TSA. We have an airport in the United States of America run by pirates. That’s kind of a problem. More on where we think the money is going later… X: https://bit.ly/4jKGkOa Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 09:28 AM (P5BPp) 243
192 The guys on Garage 54 made a V-16 using chainsaw motors and put it in a Lada. 16 carbs.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 09:12 AM (vFG9F) Nope. No, no. New food pyramid says that's too many carbs. Mostly I'm making this joke to keep myself from making a just the tip joke. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 15, 2026 09:28 AM (w/O5Q) 244
You know who creeps me the F out?
That Mr. Beast fellow. I don't know what it is, but there is something ... not right. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 15, 2026 09:28 AM (HXT0k) 245
Glad the astronauts made it down safely after their emergency medical evac.
Now, are there still Rooskies up there, or is the station abandoned? Also, come to think of it, why don't we have several space stations up there by now? (I guess the Chineee have one, but they're like aliens.) Posted by: mindful webworker - Red aliens from Mars at January 15, 2026 09:28 AM (FMpsC) 246
O, that was fun.
Me- I would like to know the Congressman's rational for voting no on defunding the NED. Office flunky- I can't give out the Congressmans opinion on votes Me, You're telling me he is not responsible to the voters for his votes? Flunky, I will pass this to him Me- thank you and please remind him he has an election coming up Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 09:28 AM (0KSrI) 247
Bring a shovel to a gun fight......sounds like he's got it right....
dig holes people, dig holes. one should always have a couple dug and ready, spring is coming after all.......... Posted by: ZooomZooom (R) at January 15, 2026 09:29 AM (t+ScY) 248
> Wow. He may be a lib, but he says some great stuff every now and again.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:26 AM (IJ38I) It's becoming more and more clear that he is a Democrat, not a Communist who calls himself a Democrat. I hope he's watching his six... the commies are not amused by this. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 09:29 AM (IG3/x) 249
Not sure if you were joking, but if do have it, what do you think about the cost and service? I'm looking at it as an alternative to Spectrum, which sucks and never comes close to the promised speeds.
My StarLink costs twice what my neighbor's Verizon home Internet does, if hard line access is unavailable to you. $110 a month. Posted by: Strange Brew at January 15, 2026 09:29 AM (zcVps) 250
"Also, come to think of it, why don't we have several space stations up there by now? (I guess the Chineee have one, but they're like aliens.)"
Because no one has figured out what good they are. Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 09:30 AM (rbIOb) 251
Nood Orgy up!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2026 09:31 AM (FzgDV) 252
I like the fact that perhaps the only contemporary Democrat that says sensible things (occasionally) is a revovered Stroke victim. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 09:31 AM (19v1I) 253
but if do have it, what do you think about the cost and service?"
Got it right before Beryl hit the Houston area. It worked (yes, slowed during worst of rain/flying debris) well. Good speed overall, and easy to set up (using the app to angle the "dish" is pretty cool, too). $$ depends on your zip, I think. Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR) 254
240 Can man get pregnant?
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalis at January 15, 2026 09:27 AM (KROFU) Wasn't there a Documentary about that, with Denny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger? (joking, I know I have to say that because otherwise people are gonna think I have Somali-level IQ) Posted by: XTC at January 15, 2026 09:31 AM (6Uni8) 255
@CollinRugg
NEW: Renee Good's former father-in-law says he doesn’t blame ICE, calls on people to love one another, turn from their wicked ways and turn to God. CNN’s Erin Burnett kept prodding Timmy Macklin Sr. to get him to take a side. “I don't blame ICE. I don't blame Rebecca. I don't blame Renee. I just wish that, you know, if we're walking in the spirit of God, I don't think she would have been there. That's the way I look at it.” Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Dv3i1) Posted by: man at January 15, 2026 09:33 AM (XuXeR) 257
My StarLink costs twice what my neighbor's Verizon home Internet does, if hard line access is unavailable to you.
$110 a month. Posted by: Strange Brew ____________ I do have hardline alternatives, but am worried about again getting 4 or 6 hundred speeds, at best, when I'm paying for a gig. Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (XvL8K) 258
Me- thank you and please remind him he has an election coming up
Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2026 09:28 AM (0KSrI) ====================== You a gracious lady. I can hope Mr. Flunky understood your threat. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:34 AM (IJ38I) 259
46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman
As expected, of five Oklahomans, four (including our guy) voted Aye, and one (the Okla City area as usual) voted Democrat. https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll026.xml Disappointingly, does not have state of each name listed. Had to look four of them up by name. And if Oklahoma is one of the top ten states gaining population from the great political shift, when do we get our 6th congresscritter back? Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at January 15, 2026 09:36 AM (FMpsC) 260
Update: Josh Hawley sucks rotten eggs.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (IJ38I) 261
Well, dang. Willowed by the art: apparently a classical Moron meet-up.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418076 Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at January 15, 2026 09:37 AM (FMpsC) 262
It sounds like he's going to let them save face by "throwing us out" of NATO, taking all our bases in Europe and defending Europe themselves.
Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2026 09:20 AM (mkOOA) =========================== Hahahahaha! Oh, that's a good one. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:38 AM (IJ38I) 263
Having watched the linked video, Matt Goetz did not suggest any such thing. He was merely reporting reports coming from Argentina, which made such suggestion. Goetz actually questioned these reports and suggested that in reality they were merely garden variety arson.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2026 09:43 AM (/jglT) 264
cassus belli? ummmm....
dont you people remember when our embassy was invaded by the islamo thugocracy? They declared war on us that day. Theres your damned just cause. Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 15, 2026 09:50 AM (gHU/A) 265
209 This is another example of a serious quality control problem at Boeing, where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures.
==================== Not a sentence anyone who flies on Boeing jets wants to read. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 09:17 AM (lrfZA) Well, it's nonsense. That sort of thing never comes from the engineers - it always comes from management. Although you might have a few engineers who are that way because they're sucking up to management. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 10:25 AM (hOOi9) 266
I read the Doomers regarding Iran in here, and have to wonder where all of you have been the last 10 years. How can anyone seriously even believe that Trump (and Israel) haven't been a critical part of the insurrection that is going on there? This isn't some kind of COINCIDENCE that it's going on on the heels of the US attack on nuclear facilities. And who in their right mind would bet against Trump?
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 15, 2026 10:29 AM (hOOi9) 267
Only the laws they like.
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 15, 2026 10:35 AM (Us+tr) 268
73 I think Arpaio style prison camps will work for the protesters. Pink uniforms and PB&J sammies.
Posted by: connected and litigious PB&J sammies - behind bars, called a Johnny. Posted by: Evil Incarnate at January 15, 2026 10:47 AM (YrqgQ) 269
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I guess the snow shoveler story isn't on the front page because he's been arrested.
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G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0) 2
G'day Skip.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1) 3
Dailytimewaster yesterday had a 1978 picture of Debby Harry being goofy
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0) 4
BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:05 AM (Ti0Hb) 5
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 04:06 AM (sAmhv) 6
Top ten?
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 04:08 AM (Gu66x) 7
Hey - I know it's last thread, but Re: Pittsburgh Police Scanner: Filius Redux used to live in Shadyside near South Aiken which is the subject of the last scanner report - He would often attest to the craziness of the neighborhood, mostly ganja induced. It's near his alma mater. Pittsburgh can be a pretty crazy town. He never complained of any ghostly visits through.
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 04:13 AM (Gu66x) 8
G'morning, all!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:23 AM (iMotb) 9
Congrats to SpaceX for their emergency medical event astronaut delivery back to earth.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:25 AM (Ti0Hb) 10
The tp-Link Deco X60 mesh system I installed last month was consistently developing instabilities, particularly with the Amazon Echo devices dropping off line.
So yesterday they sent me a Beta firmware update, and it seems to have done the trick. So far, everything seems to be rock solid. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 04:25 AM (iMotb) 11
I've been using my new Think E16 G3 for about a month+ now. The integrated WiFi adapter is awful. I have to move closer to the router to connect before I can go back to my more distant desk and continue working from there.
Full updated Windows and Lenovo drivers. Never had such a bad experience before. And the strange thing is I'm not sure it was like this for the first week or 2. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:36 AM (Ti0Hb) 12
9 Congrats to SpaceX for their emergency medical event astronaut delivery back to earth.
Posted by: Biden's Dog And the launch of two new (unmanned) lunar landers. Busy day. Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 04:37 AM (BLOW1) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:53 AM (Ti0Hb) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:59 AM (Ti0Hb) 15
Anybody got a snow shovel I can borrow?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 05:06 AM (BSdIE) 16
I have to get moving but not overly motivated
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0) 17
Now they are calling for the possibility of snow on Sunday morning.
This distresses me greatly. Nobody here owns a snow shovel. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 05:08 AM (iMotb) 18
For winter starting out with cold and light snow, been in 40s and 50s lately here
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0) 19
And it's 15% faster than the Framework Desktop apparently thanks to better cooling, because the two systems use the exact same CPU.
Yeah, from what I've seen of the Framework Desktop it only has a large, finned, heatsink above the CPU and a regular 120mm fan on top of that. MinisForum is using two blower-style laptop fans, a large heatsink with fins, and several heat pipes, along with a fan for the PSU, so it's definitely got the edge there. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:12 AM (6ydKt) 20
Nobody here owns a snow shovel.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 05:08 AM (iMotb) We just wait a a few days to a week for the snow to melt, usually. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:12 AM (6ydKt) 21
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc) 22
Anybody got a snow shovel I can borrow?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 05:06 AM (BSdIE) - Another one asking to get shot by ICE! Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:14 AM (Ti0Hb) 23
If you're wondering how Cerebras manages to get a wafer-scale CPU without worrying about too many defects, they've explained it on their site, which does a great job of doing that:
100x Defect Tolerance: How Cerebras Solved the Yield Problem To summarize, Cerebras resolved the wafer scale manufacturing challenge by designing a small fault-tolerant core in combination with a fault tolerant on-chip fabric. While total chip area increased by ~50x compared to conventional GPUs, we reduced individual core size by ~100x. As a result, defects are far less damaging to the WSE than conventional multi-core processors. The third generation WSE engine achieves 93% silicon utilization – the highest among leading AI accelerators – demonstrating that wafer-scale computing is not just possible, but commercially viable at scale. https://tinyurl.com/2buyy5p4 (Cerebras.ai) Those chips probably cost around $16,000 per wafer from TSMC's 5nm process. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:18 AM (6ydKt) 24
My snow blower is still in back of garage with lawn tractor in front
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0) 25
Best way to make sure it doesn't snow is get it in front, start it up to try it
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0) 26
w00t
Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 05:21 AM (SSiCQ) Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 05:22 AM (SSiCQ) 28
The reason Schickard and Pascal built their mechanical calculators some four centuries ago is because doing maths is hard, and mistakes can be expensive. Pascal’s father was a tax collector, and young Blaise wanted to lessen the stress of his hard-working dad’s profession.
Yeah, I know whenever I hear the words "tax collector" I always associate that with "hard working". Back then they only "worked hard" because their salaries we're based on taking a percentage of the collections. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:26 AM (6ydKt) 29
I'm off
Back in a bit Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:29 AM (Ia/+0) 30
11 I've been using my new Think E16 G3 for about a month+ now. The integrated WiFi adapter is awful. I have to move closer to the router to connect before I can go back to my more distant desk and continue working from there.
Full updated Windows and Lenovo drivers. Never had such a bad experience before. And the strange thing is I'm not sure it was like this for the first week or 2. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 04:36 AM (Ti0Hb) Lenovo uses RealTek wifi cards in their laptops a lot. They do not have the best reputation for reliability. You can probably replace that card in the laptop, and people who do usually go with the latest Intel 'Killer' series Wifi for better reception and performance. They run around $50 or $60 here in the States. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt) 31
Good morning! I don't miss shoveling snow or driving in snow. I do miss having 4 seasons. In Cowtown, the seasons are hot, really hot, and temperate interspersed with 1-2 week intervals of cool and really ^@! cold with ice.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 15, 2026 05:40 AM (3Ope8) 32
“ I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.”
2 Samuel 22:4 Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:41 AM (IYMzU) 33
Good morning! I don't miss shoveling snow or driving in snow. I do miss having 4 seasons. In Cowtown...
CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 15, 2026 05:40 AM (3Ope - Moogadishu? Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:42 AM (Ti0Hb) Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:44 AM (IYMzU) Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:46 AM (Ti0Hb) 36
Russian private jet BD-700, following a larger Boeing 777 into Tehran. Somebody leaving?
Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (IYMzU) 37
Russian private jet inbound from Moscow to Tehran.
Hmmm. Posted by: Marcus T at January 15, 2026 05:44 AM (IYMzU) Tech people running AA assets in Iran? Didn't seem to work too well in Venezuela. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (dK+Kv) 38
Evening and morning to ever'body on this Thor's Day!
"Cerebras" -- a breast supporter for chess-playing masterminds? And "Call Me" remains one of the most exciting pop songs of the 1980s. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9) 39
35 There are many things I wish were AI. Like this thing, for example:
https://tinyurl.com/mfhwwrh2 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:46 AM (Ti0Hb) I'm trying to imagine getting up at 3 a.m. to put all of that on to be in class at 9 a.m. It's like a freaky clown-pimp-doll. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (6ydKt) Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (HTCU3) 41
"Cerebras" -- a breast supporter for chess-playing masterminds?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9) - Or for Apple's iconic digital assistant. Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (Ti0Hb) 42
'Tis 51 F. now (the local CBS outlet predicted 45). Temps may not get much above that today; a low of 36 tonight; but up to 68 on Friday pm. If I want a fourth workout session this week, I should either go now, or wait until tomorrow afternoon.
To be decided. Right now, coffee. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9) 43
There are many things I wish were AI. Like this thing, for example:
https://tinyurl.com/mfhwwrh2 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 05:46 AM (Ti0Hb) Black dude in white face? Reee. Posted by: No One Ever at January 15, 2026 05:50 AM (dK+Kv) 44
Hey - I know it's last thread, but Re: Pittsburgh Police Scanner: Filius Redux used to live in Shadyside near South Aiken which is the subject of the last scanner report - He would often attest to the craziness of the neighborhood, mostly ganja induced. It's near his alma mater. Pittsburgh can be a pretty crazy town. He never complained of any ghostly visits through.
Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 *** I liked what I saw on my two visits to Pittsburgh. Not that I got to see all of the town. But how can you hate a place that has a neighborhood called "Squirrel Hill"? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9) 45
24 My snow blower is still in back of garage with lawn tractor in front Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0) 25 Best way to make sure it doesn't snow is get it in front, start it up to try it Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 05:19 AM (Ia/+0) heh Posted by: m at January 15, 2026 05:52 AM (SSiCQ) 46
Either Putin is doing great in the war or not. Or he is making a lot of money selling NG to Europe during their cold spell. Europe is so hung up on green power that they forgot it can get mighty cold in the winter. Can't you just make the wind mills spin faster?
Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2026 05:54 AM (wlQdF) 47
@13
>>No less than 81 GOP enemies of the US: They vote against it because they are getting money from it. You don't vote against your bank account. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:55 AM (XV/Pl) 48
Tulips and daffodils have emerged. Dollar weed is running amok. Last summer's leaves on the oak trees are beginning to fall and the stock show starts this weekend but there's no crappy/freezing/icy weather in the long term forecast... Looking like an early spring here .
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 15, 2026 05:56 AM (3Ope8) 49
"AI is a 400-year confidence trick."
Good article. I think I'll bookmark this for reference and potentially sending to anyone in my circle of friends who seems a little too "all in" on AI, though I doubt I'm going to need to haul this out. I've been pessimistic on AI for a while telling people that there is no "I" in "AI". I like to mention instances where lawyers that relied on LLMs to generate case briefs. They then submitted those briefs to the court hearing the case they were working on. The problem? The briefs cite other cases that never happened. Judges who would look up those citations realized that the brief was full of bullshit. Judges really don't like being bullshitted by lawyers. Threats of disbarment were made, lawyers were made to promise to either NOT use LLMs, or if they did, to carefully check everything that was spit out by an LLM before submitting a brief to the court, or face the court's wrath. Personally, I think a few of those judges should have gone with the nuclear option right away rather than letting these weasels off the hook with only a stern warning. If I can get people to question whether "AI" is really "all that", I've done my part. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW) 50
@46
>>Either Putin is doing great in the war or not. We really don't know what's going on in the war, but from what I can observe, Putin's got everything he wants and doesn't see the need to change course. I believe that's one of the major reason for the action in Venezuela. Take an ally off the board, flood the market with oil and drive down the price, that will definataley hurt Putin. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 05:59 AM (XV/Pl) 51
Hardware Unboxed on YouTube (some of Pixy's fellow Ozies) are reporting that Nvidia has killed off the RTX 5070 Ti, their second most affordable 16GB model after the 5060 Ti 16GB which is also probably at 'end of life".
They just released these a year ago and they really didn't hit the market until last spring. https://youtu.be/yteN21aJEvE Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 15, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt) 52
I'm back
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:03 AM (i+wP0) 53
This conversation about AI gets boring, AI is a tool, that's it.
It can do some wonderous things, it can also produce shitty things. I use multiple on a daily basis to get work done for both Program Management and programming tasks. So far the results have been nothing short than stellar. AI is not going anywhere and it's only going to become more pervasive. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:04 AM (XV/Pl) 54
Judges really don't like being bullshitted by lawyers.
Pfffft, speak for yourself Signed FICA Judges Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:07 AM (i+wP0) 55
@35/Biden's dog:
Back in the 80's I could guarantee the general response would be, "Holy shit boys, the circus just rolled into town" (and that's just how the mockery would start...) Now? Too much of our world is clown-world. These chucklefucks are just let walk around to sow their insanity in the minds of others. Make Asylums Great Again. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW) 56
"Honestly it seems to run pretty well, though I haven't spent much time in it. And I was running on a laptop with integrated graphics, so far from high-end hardware."
Would this be the PC sitting on your desk at the upper middle corner with the Miori Celesta plushie sitting on it? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 06:09 AM (HTCU3) 57
I have to feed the furry thugs soon. Bit by bit I have been trying to work their breakfast and dinner each a half hour later to 5:30, so Stirling won't bother me at 4 am every day . . . but it's tough, and somehow I doubt it will work anyway.
He let me sleep until 4:30 today and didn't kick me jumping across the bed, so there's that. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9) 58
If we are going to have a cold weekend, I should wash the car today or tomorrow. Maybe go out for breakfast on Sat., and visit the pipe shop in the 'burbs for a mid-morning pipe smoke and chat with the cigar smokers. (Even there, pipe smokers are thin on the ground.) I could drop Miss Linda off at the big mall and let her browse for an hour or more without dragging me along.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9) 59
My nephew's daughter at the ripe old age of 26, a lawyer who is getting lots of court room experience. It was that or being a corporate lawyer, but she likes excitement. He husband has a job with a construction company as a estimator and has been offered a job higher up in the company. When I was that age, I was still struggling with finding a job. Some have all the luck, and some don't. me....
Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2026 06:16 AM (wlQdF) 60
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 15, 2026 06:23 AM (bQ4nt) 61
"I use multiple on a daily basis to get work done for both Program Management and programming tasks.
So far the results have been nothing short than stellar. " So, those portions of your job could have been replaced with a predictive macro processor. Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 15, 2026 06:26 AM (6IFyK) 62
51 Hardware Unboxed on YouTube (some of Pixy's fellow Ozies) are reporting that Nvidia has killed off the RTX 5070 Ti, their second most affordable 16GB model after the 5060 Ti 16GB which is also probably at 'end of life".
They just released these a year ago and they really didn't hit the market until last spring. One step backward, and then two more steps backward. Now Nvidia has basically cancelled its entire midrange lineup and made its high-end cards unaffordable, all that is left is for AMD to drop the ball somehow and for Intel cards to spontaneously sublimate from store shelves. This was what was behind those stories out of Germany and Japan about retailers having orders for Nvidia cards abruptly cancelled. Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 06:29 AM (BLOW1) 63
@61
>>So, those portions of your job could have been replaced with a predictive macro processor. Hardly, it allows for more production, quicker responses, better results and better outcomes, and ultimately, increased client satisfaction. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:29 AM (dUiJm) 64
Morning Horde. Which one of you gave me this cold? I live in MT where we have zero snow on the ground, it was 50 degrees yesterday and hubby and I took a nice walk. Not a long walk since the doc just released me to walk after I pulled a tendon and fractured my heel in late November. Going to have to work on extending walk time. I do know that around 2/10/26 it will start snowing to levels that will need to be shoveled so that we can walk our new fur buddy out in the yard. Our new pup Violet Beagle will be home with us on 2/11. The breeder sent us a video yesterday and Violet is adorable at 9 weeks old.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 15, 2026 06:31 AM (2NHgQ) 65
56 "Honestly it seems to run pretty well, though I haven't spent much time in it. And I was running on a laptop with integrated graphics, so far from high-end hardware."
Would this be the PC sitting on your desk at the upper middle corner with the Miori Celesta plushie sitting on it? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram No, this was on my actual laptop. Still setting up the Celery PC. Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 15, 2026 06:31 AM (BLOW1) 66
Might be a good time to pick up a couple of 16gb a2000s.
They are currently "reasonably" priced at 750. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:32 AM (dUiJm) 67
Good morning, Hordians. Quarterly taxes due today. And an electrician is coming by to find out why the breaker for the ceiling lights in the kennel keeps tripping. Yay. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 15, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd) Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2026 06:38 AM (Cjt/F) 69
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 15, 2026 06:39 AM (2Ez/1) 70
Canine hijinks?
Posted by: no one at January 15, 2026 06:39 AM (qFwJc) 71
Well, looks like the 16gb a2000s have gone up a hundred bucks since the last time I checked.
Sitting at 850. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 06:41 AM (dUiJm) 72
@62/Pixy: "This was what was behind those stories out of Germany and Japan about retailers having orders for Nvidia cards abruptly cancelled."
I have never seen the commercial hardware market as backwards and screwed up as this. They're going to be writing about these years we're in for decades, aren't they? Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 06:43 AM (O7YUW) 73
I'm not seeing high prices yet on DDR3. I just got a Thinkpad X200t that needed RAM. $18 from Amazon. I'm gonna see if it can take a little more yhan the specs. It's supposed to be limited to 256gb but ith Linux, sees a full TB drive. I've been upgrading as I go but maybe should get a bit extra RAM, given the shortages.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 15, 2026 06:43 AM (+mUZM) 74
mornin yall. I wonder if this box full of PC-5300 ram I've got is going to be worth something again.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 06:43 AM (vFG9F) 75
Endgadget. $20, same as in town?
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 06:47 AM (o2ZRX) 76
Fed the furry beasts.
Movies!, which was out of commission for a lot of yesterday (there was a signal, but no image or sound), is back today with The House of 92nd Street, a 1945 documentary-style spy story with an FBI agent going undercover in a German spy ring in 1940-41. Leo G. Carroll, my revered "Mr. Waverly," also plays a spymaster in this one -- but on the German side. The film has a mystery too, the identity of a highly-placed agent called "Christopher." I'm curious to see if they have a thunderbolt surprise tucked away in this. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 15, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9) 77
Oh boy, John Cougar is going on tour. He keeps going even after the thrill is gone.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F) 78
Good morning! According to the NY Times, China universities are taking the place of US universities on a list of top research schools.
More robust DEI programs? https://archive.is/7asZJ Posted by: Oglebay at January 15, 2026 06:54 AM (2ap+5) 79
John Mellencamp- Cougar- Mellencamp
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:56 AM (i+wP0) 80
John Mellencamp- Cougar- Mellencamp Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 06:56 AM IIRC, the StyleBook recommends that he be referred to as "John Booger Menstrualcramp" Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2026 06:58 AM (tljrc) 81
Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX (mostly SpaceX, I guess) for retrieving a sick astronaut from the space station last night, and getting him/her to a San Diego hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yc8edh8w Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 06:59 AM (pGMtM) 82
I fixed our problem with the Dexcom monitoring software. Dexcom claims their server software only runs on certain models of cell phones, the Samsung A15 being one of them. As the new release does not work on the A12 we had been using, we bought another A15 like Mrs fd's and tried to install the program. It installed ok but when we ran it, a message came up and said this phone is not supported.
So I went back to the list of supported phones and found that ALL A15s are not supported. There are some variations in the model numbers, like A15-156 and A-15-156U. Well, the program would not work on the A15-156 but would work on the 156U, so we swapped Mrs fd A15 for the new A15 and the damn program worked. As best as I can tell, there is no difference between the models. Same CPU, RAM, and android version. F'n absurd. Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:05 AM (vFG9F) 83
Nobody here owns a snow shovel.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2026 05:08 AM (iMotb) ================ I own two. But I believe in backups to everything. Well, almost everything. I have one wife. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 15, 2026 07:05 AM (72Bvh) 84
John Camp Mellencougar.
Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2026 07:07 AM (o2ZRX) 85
I own a snow shovel. I inherited it when my grandfather in Maryland passed away. Since I have had it, it has not ever seen snow again.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F) 86
I was at the point of rooting the new A15 so I could change the model number before I decided on a whim to try it on the other A15. I probably spent 4 hours on this stupid thing.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F) 87
And the Republican effort to lose the mid-terms continues on as usual...
Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav The “Republican” majority backstabbed their voters for the second time tonight. 81 Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-wing, NGO slush-fund that worked with the Biden administration to censor Americans on the Right. Elon’s DOGE efforts specifically targeted this organization for defunding and some of the same Republicans who cheered it on for the cameras voted with Democrats to stop it. X video (00:1 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 15, 2026 07:12 AM (P5BPp) 88
Brian Kemp has a solution to fix the traffic problem in Atlanta. More toll roads!
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F) 89
I own numerous snow shovels, have two snow blowers and have a plow on my tractor.
I'm how you say, locked and loaded for winter. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 15, 2026 07:14 AM (dUiJm) 90
Regarding Verizon, my iPhone 13 continued to work on 5G while my friends iPhone 16 seated right next to me said SOS only. It was really weird.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 15, 2026 07:15 AM (Hpgos) 91
Pffft...if you were locked and loaded for winter you'd have some neighborhood kids on contract to use those snow tools.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at January 15, 2026 07:16 AM (luW68) 92
Humidity may be nasty, but you don't have to shovel it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 15, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1) 93
JJ IS UP WITH THE NEWS
NOOD Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 07:22 AM (i+wP0) 94
If I can get people to question whether "AI" is really "all that", I've done my part.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 15, 2026 05:58 AM (O7YUW) LLMs are not AI, and they never will be. That is not to say that they don't have their place automating mundane, non-thinking tasks on well-defined data sets and those new instances that fit well within the model and training data, or nearly so such that inferences thereby are reasonably trustworth. The problem is that there is no reality model or error identification model that can warn of potential risks of trusting the outputs of current LLMs. So you get people falling into the trap of trying to produce real knowledge/intelligence work like legal briefs using LLMs creating fantasy cites, and the net result is that, instead of AI doing the mundane, non-thinking tasks, it made a knowledge/intelligence work project into a grudging series of mundane, non-thinking tasks such as cite checks and error checking. Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 15, 2026 07:23 AM (dK+Kv) 95
Now that the memory drought has dried up supply of DDR5 and the older DDR4 modules alike, DDR3 is next to go.
I accidentally bought extra DD4 in 2024. I am a genius now. You all may worship me now. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 15, 2026 08:50 AM (mlg/3) 96
"I don't think you could generate music videos on a 17th century mechanical calculator, though."
Sure you could. Just very, very, VERY slowly. Posted by: Nemo at January 15, 2026 10:38 AM (4RPgu) 97
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There will come a day, perhaps soon.
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youtube.com/shorts/_Yoze3xAq_M Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 10:01 PM (y79kU) 5
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/) 6
The people in Pittsburgh seem nice.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:03 PM (n4Qav) 7
Let the Indian V. Harley debates commence~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 10:06 PM (mlg/3) 8
I never make January predictions. I always wait until February.
Posted by: Lucy Van Pelt at January 14, 2026 10:06 PM (uQesX) 9
read the content
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 10:06 PM (FTdBq) 10
Horde shopping - not new, but still worth a giggle. Ace Hardware in Midland, Michigan.
"I need some string for my weedwhacker, a box of .22LR, and two cinnamon rolls." 'Murrica. Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:07 PM (nhCoE) Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE) 12
Top pic almost looks like that fake Hackberry photo.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX) 13
Winners get their pick of items from the Club ONT lost and found box and the admiration of the Horde.
I don't know if the Morons really want one of their number to be lording his used water bottle over everyone else. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM (COQGW) 14
Thanks for another mighty Wednesday Night ONT, T-Rex!
Ah, the Pittsburgh scanner... just when you think those fine folks have hit peak crazy, they demonstrate that they are just getting started! One of our local area Ace stores features flavored popcorn. The caramel is my current favorite. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM (kB9dk) Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM (LNeRu) 16
Prediction? Liberals will piss me off.
Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:09 PM (TfUTr) 17
Oh dear….we really need to get the information out about alligators in Alabama. Maybe I can outsource this to the Penguin Facts team.
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:09 PM (OoFl2) 18
I like to rock also!
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (pscAN) 19
Interesting that the station was apparently selling both Shell and Texaco products.
That's not something you often see nowadays. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (IG3/x) 20
Howdy all, whatzup?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (55Qr6) 21
Rat you bastard!
How the heck are you? Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM (JeN+l) 22
The payoff on the knocking ritual video was ...weak.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (COQGW) Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA) 24
{{{COMountainMarie}}}
Scott Adams excelled at giving people tools to analyze the world and how to think better. Plus, his humor was funny and spot-on. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (u82oZ) 25
That last Pittsburgh Scanner - did the caller want help avoiding or marrying the ghost?
These days, anything is possible. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j) 26
The closest you can get to a bike like the one pictured today is a Royal Enfield.
Most bike manufacturers make big ugly bikes. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl) 27
Pittsburgh has a guy being annoyed by a magician, and another guy getting felt up by a ghost. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Mandrake the Magician is working the streets, and Phantom has become a deviant. Lothar is probably a stunt d*ck for Dwayne Johnson.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 10:13 PM (dIske) 28
And no offense to our Washington rons and ettes! Just an observation.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:13 PM (47diA) 29
That is an awesome photo. I would frame and hang in a prominent place in the house.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq) 30
Prediction? Liberals will piss me off.
Posted by: Some Rat ********* Rat! where have you been, we were just about to send out a search party to see if you were ok! Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq) 31
One of my best-remembered Dilbert strips was (I think) a very early one. The pointy-haired boss consults Dilbert because his mouse was all the way to the right of the mousepad, but he needed the cursor to go further right. As I recall, Dilbert explained that the boss needed to buy a new computer and put it to the right of the current one…
I actually could relate. First time I used a mouse, it did take me a beat to realize how to deal with that situation. Posted by: mindful webworker - long long ago in the ancient days of you're at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC) 32
Rat you bastard!
How the heck are you? Posted by: Winston AKA Pops Doing well, hit a bit of a rough patch, but improving. Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (TfUTr) 33
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv) 34
5. SOUTH CAROLINA
6. WASHINGTON 7. ARIZONA Who the hell is moving to Washington? Most be the Ohio refugees. Or the Californians looking for another place to screw up. I have news. You are too late! Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (V5Xvl) 35
Washington has no state income tax
Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (0e5Te) 36
18 I like to rock also!
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM *** Just curious... How many ways are there to Rock? Posted by: TRex - numerical dino at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq) 37
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? No - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes - Regime change in Cuba? Yes - Another Government budget shutdown? Yes - More than six SpaceX Starship launches? Yes - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? Yes - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? No - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (VCgbV) 38
I drove a big-ass U-Haul to Idaho, so's we could escape the hell-hole that is Colorado.
We made the right decision. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (0aYVJ) 39
Most bike manufacturers make big ugly bikes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl) Most, maybe. But not all: https://janusmotorcycles.com/ Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (uQesX) 40
The lists make my head hurt...
States....I'm just glad Colorado isn't present. I hope lots and lots and lots of people get right the f'k out of here.... Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:16 PM (LNeRu) 41
I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that our lib friends will find a hitherto unknown political position to get behind that will rise to the top of ignorance, classlessness, and immorality.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/) 42
I don't want to be #1 for migration anymore. I don't think it is conservatives fleeing blue states right now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (KDPiq) 43
18 I like to rock also!
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 14, 2026 10:10 PM *** Just curious... How many ways are there to Rock? Posted by: TRex - numerical dino at January 14, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq) Well Capital and lower case to start. Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (V5Xvl) 44
Glad you're back amongst us, Rat! Get to feeling better!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA) 45
Washington has no state income tax
Posted by: Wally An oversight the dims are feverishly going to "correct". Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (TfUTr) 46
15 Good evening Dino🦖!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM *** Hello COMM! Love your dino emoji! Posted by: TRex - tech enabled dino at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq) 47
I can't tell from the picture, but early (pre late 50's) Indian bikes had optional throttles. The throttle could be on either the left or right grip. The grip on the opposite side controlled the ignition advance. Riding one of those was as busy as a one-armed paper hanger. The side shift required the right hand to come off the throttle or ignition, while the clutch was disengaged by the left foot. For racing, the left throttle was popular to keep the gas on while shifting. The ignition was mainly used when starting and under heavy loads. There was a slight detention around (IIRC) 4 degrees advance. Never had a four, it never came back after WW2. I did have a Chief with the 74ci flathead vtwin. For 3 months, until I wrecked it. You always remember your first.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (lbb+E) 48
Washington and Maine in the top states? Confusing.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA) _____________________ I kind of wonder if that's a Canadian connection. Both are border states. Washington, in particular, is getting a Nutrien port for Pot Ash distribution. It's supposed to be a $1 Billion project...so chances are Canadians are moving down into that area for future employment. And Canada as a whole is tanking hard. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 10:17 PM (dIske) 49
- At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down?
Prediction: Ketanji Jackass leaves the Court to pursue her passion making and selling painted ceramic ash trays. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (COQGW) 50
Good to hear from you rat.
I've not seen you around for a bit. There is going to be a MOME, you will be there. Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (JeN+l) 51
Nice Mr. TRex, seems like a well-balanced ONT. And thanks for posting Walls of Shame. Never broke into the Top Ten commenters before (#10), but continue to win Sockpuppet sweepstakes (#1). 42.62 unique names per day does seem excessive. I may have to dial it back some.
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2) 52
My Tim Walz prediction is that he flees to West Taiwan before he can be arrested. His family may not be invited to join him.
He reminds of this movie clip (Chicken Ranch tie-in), just not as smart or good looking. https://youtu.be/AALREbJZEZk Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j) 53
Financial metrics - levels as of Dec 31, 2026
8419.3 82.28 96,654.94 0.20 2.45 7.95 164 93,416,416 2080 33.99 449.14 59.66 Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE) 54
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026?
Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE) Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq) 56
{{{Salty}}}❣❣❣!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:20 PM (LNeRu) 57
Texas is full. South Carolina is full. If you come in a uhaul, you better check your expectations and attitudes at the state line. We don't care how you did it in Cali or New York, or that you can't get fresh bagels. Suck it up. Eat a biscuit or breakfast taco. And be nice.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:22 PM (n4Qav) 58
I think it is Californians.
A few years back, I was residing temporarily in Tyler, TX. When I registered my truck, I asked the lady what "kind" of Californians were moving in. She said the majority seemed to be conservative, leaving CA for that reason. I think around Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, the answer may be otherwise. Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:22 PM (47diA) 59
14 Thanks for another mighty Wednesday Night ONT, T-Rex!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 14, 2026 10:08 PM *** You're welcome. Good evening to you! Posted by: TRex - pedestrian dino at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq) Posted by: Robert at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (ZenXW) 61
Very cool top picture. The indian 4 was interesting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (snZF9) Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:23 PM (OoFl2) 63
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? (Yes) - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? (No) - Regime change in Cuba? (Yes) - Another Government budget shutdown? (Yes) - More than six SpaceX Starship launches (No) - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? (No) - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? (No) - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? (Yes) - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? (Yes) - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? (In a year? No) - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? (Yes, dies) - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? (They won't go) Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (NwnyJ) 64
I'm here
I'm not queer Get used to it Apparently another shooting in the land of mutant militant lesbos again. Unconfirmed. So says the NY Post. They are going to keep doing this. Altho I belive President Trump is a great multi-tasker, he has other fish to fry in Iran currently. This is on the back whiffle ball burner. Soon, Walzie. Soon. I have to wonder how many illegals ICE captures and then has to beat off ugly pierced lesbians. If they are clinging to their precious Somolians I just say take them, too. Send them all to Somolia. The lesbos can get to know them better and no one will miss either. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (WONhk) 65
Eat a biscuit or breakfast taco. And be nice.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:22 PM (n4Qav) Jill Biden was right on about the breakfast tacos. Posted by: Robert at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (ZenXW) 66
Good to hear from you rat.
I've not seen you around for a bit. There is going to be a MOME, you will be there. Posted by: Winston AKA Pops Heh! I got diverticulitis, which of course led to having to get THAT procedure, THEN the flu and topped off with bursitis in my hip. The upside? I got some serious pain meds out of the deal...And you better believe I'll be at our MoMe and Texas! Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM (TfUTr) 67
Good evening morons И спасибо, Дино.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX) 68
Youngest son lives in Port Townsend WA. He has been there for 15 years. He loves it up there. He has no use for the rest of the state. Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K) 69
no no no no, no no no no no, no no, no no - nobody can do the shingaling like I do . . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:25 PM (47diA) 70
Add whiskey to that Ace in Midland and that'd just about be the perfect store. Also, very happy to have contributed to both U-Haul lists, leaving 36 (VA) for 9 (AL). Ok, so it was PODS and not U-Haul, but same difference.
Posted by: Patches at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM (jofRv) 71
66 Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:24 PM
*** Yikes. Good to have you back. We saved a seat for you. Posted by: TRex - Doctor Dino at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq) 72
Can one really buy 9MM ammo for $.20? Surprising it's that low.
And my state (NC) is #3 for Yankee Incoming. And we have no moose to stand out front with a Full Up sign. Posted by: oldnorthstate at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2) 73
The Hapsburg Knocking Tradition is quite something. The Austrian gentleman recounting it was correct, it is the perfect last sermon one could preach. Thanks for discovering this, TRex, I really appreciate it.
Almost as much as the Pittsburgh Scanner Posted by: Charles II of Spain and his big big jaw at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr) 74
I don't want to be #1 for migration anymore. I don't think it is conservatives fleeing blue states right now.
Posted by: Opinion fact It's Somolies who used up their benefits and welcome in other states. And other welfare gypsies too. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ) 75
Washington has no state income tax
Posted by: Wally ---- Yeah, and wait until those migrants buy a new car and licence it! Posted by: buddhaha at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (lbb+E) 76
Luckily for most of us in Tennessee, many, if not most of the new transplants and refugees are moving to Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga. Traffic there already sucks bigly so they feel pretty much at home.
We still have newbies around here that bitch at the lack of 'fine dining'. We just got our first standalone Starbucks so quit yer bitchen'. Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/) 77
Pittsburgh Scanner
East Liberty. North Negley Ave. Caller says he is trying to park but some magician outside keeps trying to talk to him. Shadyside. South Aiken Ave. Caller said that a ghost just felt him up. Caller wants to meet with PD to talk about options. "Hey! Hey!! Give me a lift to South Aiken. The spirit I summoned got away, and I wasn't..... done yet." Posted by: Magician with a poorly-concealed erection at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (nhCoE) 78
No knowledge other than the bike is an Indian Four
--- Good photo, I'd hang it. Odd's on, there is an Indianologist in the house. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (y79kU) 79
Rat!
You bastard! Where the hell have you been? We saved many a space and had many a drink go warm and flat waiting for you. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR) 80
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Posted by: Patches at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM *** Good evening! I was thinking of you today in light of current events. Posted by: TRex - afterburner dino at January 14, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq) Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (LNeRu) 82
I am wondering if maybe the top photo was staged at a historical site or private collection, perhaps? Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B) 83
Well, that was fun. Just got back from the ER. Posting thread before last, after my last post about Iran, I noticed I was feeling sort of jumpy, like an adrenaline rush. Noticed my heart seemed to be beating fast. Put the pulse oximeter on. Heart rate 150ish. So, off to the ER Miley and I went. On the way over, heart rate dropped to the 120ish level. Was 110 when I got in there. BP was 160/95. Lots of blood work. EKG normal, heart rate had calmed down to 90. Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on". Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb) 84
- S&P 500 (currently 6926.6) 7721
- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) 82.025 - Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) 74,132.50 - 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) 0.20 - Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today) 2.91 - Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today) 4.26 - Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today) $169 - Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614) 91,500,000 - Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today)$2,150 - Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today)34.99 - TSLA stock price ($439.14 today) 375.00 - Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today)59. Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 10:30 PM (R86kT) 85
Yikes. Good to have you back. We saved a seat for you.
Posted by: TRex - Doctor Dino Ahhhhh, thank you! (places soft pillow on chair...) Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:30 PM (TfUTr) 86
Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Speaking of that - remember when some gas pumps had the little orange balls in a glass globe that spun when filling up? Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/) 87
72 Can one really buy 9MM ammo for $.20? Surprising it's that low.
Posted by: oldnorthstate at January 14, 2026 10:26 PM *** Yeah, same thought here which is why I included the source. Don't know what's behind the data. Posted by: TRex - Ace hardware donut dino at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq) 88
Saw a post on a Minnesota site saying ICE tried to detain a Venezuelan who ran from them. Caught him near a house where some more people came out to accost ICE. A round was fired, striking the perp in the leg. The bad man ran into a house. ICE stepped aside for some other federal agents, I don't know whom. Still ongoing, as far as I know.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (47diA) 89
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? No - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? No - Regime change in Cuba? No - Another Government budget shutdown? Yes - More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? Yes - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? No - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? No - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? Under Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (R86kT) 90
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (SRRAx) 91
People are leaving Kansas.
Or College students and military moves inflate the numbers leaving. Our local area of 130,000 is the fourth largest metro area in Kansas. This includes Manhattan and Junction City. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ) 92
Where we live in rural Wyoming there is no fine dining, not much dining places. Starbucks? Drive on hour one way or almost two hours the other way. We drink real coffee here in the sticks. Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (3ek7K) 93
- Tim Walz indicted? - YES
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? - YES - Regime change in Cuba? - YES - Another Government budget shutdown? - YES - More than six SpaceX Starship launches - YES - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? - NO - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? - YES - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? - NO - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? - NO - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? - NO - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? - YES - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? - YES Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (gKDq2) 94
NY times Headline: Federal Agent Shoots Immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says.
This happened about anh hour ago. What the New York times left out of the headline is the immigrant is an illegal alien from Venezuela. He was being arrested for being in the country illegally and while beging arrested began to violently assault the arresting ice officer. Shortly after this, two other perps joined in and began beating the ice officer with a snow shovel and a club. The officer at this point defended himself and with his firearm and ended up shooting the illegal alien in the leg. The officer and the illegal are in the hospital and the other two perps are arrested. Fox Live Now News Is broadcasting live from the scene. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (HTCU3) 95
Financial metrics - levels as of Dec 31, 2026 (provide a number for each:
- S&P 500 7500 - Price of Silver (per ounce) 110 USD - Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) 80,000 USD - 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) 0.20 USD - Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas 2.10 USD - Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California 5.75 USD - Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance 179 USD - Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 92.0 Million - Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) 1850 USD - Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) 40 USD - TSLA stock price 580 USD - Brent Crude Oil 49 USD Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX) 96
I thought it might be a reaction to the TNF blocker infusion I get for the RA. I had shingles back in Nov, and so skipped the infusion, and it's thus been 4 months since the last one. Rheumatologist retired this year, and I had to get in with a new practice, and they finally got set up to do the infusion today, which I did around 4PM. So, I wondered if maybe it was some crazy start after stopping for a while reaction. That stuff does have some association with heart problems, but I'd been taking it for years with no problems. RA itself long term does have heart effects. So, there you go. Doc didn't think it was a reaction, just maybe coincidental. Anyway, they'll likely put me on some sort of monitor for a while and see if they see anything funny going on. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb) 97
Ill take 2 glazed, a long john w/custard and a Binelli 12 gauge please
Posted by: a dude in MI at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (+I6Y/) 98
Nice Mr. TRex, seems like a well-balanced ONT. And thanks for posting Walls of Shame. Never broke into the Top Ten commenters before (#10), but continue to win Sockpuppet sweepstakes (#1). 42.62 unique names per day does seem excessive. I may have to dial it back some.
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at January 14, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2) Do you have a regular nickname? I've got you filed away mentally as "that guy who has a new sock for every post." Or "oftw2" for short. Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (nhCoE) 99
- Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today)
Heh, the most important economic indicator! Posted by: pookysgirl prefers vodka at January 14, 2026 10:33 PM (Wt5PA) 100
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? NO - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? NO - Regime change in Cuba? YES - Another Government budget shutdown? YES - More than six SpaceX Starship launches YES - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? YES - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? NO - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? YES - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? NO - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? YES - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? YES Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX) 101
I have to concede the two California couples that moved into my community are very conservative and not just California conservative.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (KDPiq) 102
Still ongoing, as far as I know.
Posted by: LRob in OK Newsmax reported both ice agent and the illegal in hospital and the 2 dumbshits that used a shovel and broomstick to beat the ice agent are in custody. Posted by: old chick at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (F3Dlr) 103
{{{Nurse, Marie}}} Thanks for the spot, Prolly just gonna lurk for awhile. Love you folks!
Posted by: Some Rat at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (TfUTr) 104
Walz indicted: yes, but conviction I’ll give 50-50 odds.
Greenland: yes Cuba: yes Government shutdown: no. This is a House election year, and I think they know the voters are sick of that bullshit More than six Starships? Yes SpaceX IPO? Not a chance. Musk isn’t gonna give up that much control, and it’s not like he needs the money. Russia/Ukraine? Don’t know, don’t care. Wildcard outcome: Poland bites off a good-sized chunk of Ukraine itself, possibly due to reviving the Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth. Ideally this will involve Winged Hussars. Fed Chair: I think there’s a good chance that the Fed as we know it is gone by the end of the year. Dem control of House. I don’t think so. More than 14 magnitude 7.0 quakes? Sure, that’s about an average number, actually (I didn't see anything about doing research... if that wasn't supposed to happen...Oh, well. I cheated on this one) Supreme Court Justice stepping down? Depends on the results of the midterms. If the Republicans have solid control of the Senate afterward, I could see Thomas retiring. Otherwise, no. Olympic medals: no clue. Silly wild-assed guess: yes. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 10:34 PM (IG3/x) 105
Thanks for the more complete info, Alteria!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:35 PM (47diA) 106
Finances
S&P 500: 7600 Price of Silver (per ounce): $120 Bitcoin (USD): $150000 9mm ammo (per round): 0.25 Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas: $2.95 Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California: $6.00 Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance: $170 Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026: 93,000,000 Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin $1950 Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN): $35 TSLA stock price: $500 Brent Crude Oil (per barrel): $58 Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2) 107
Good photo, I'd hang it.
Odd's on, there is an Indianologist in the house. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 10:27 PM (y79kU) Wouldn't be me. I know some things, but not like I know harley. The indian 4 was actually originally designed and built by Ace motorcycles, Indian bought them out and the 4 was an Ace design, but indian kept trying to improve it and fiddled with some things over the years. They stopped making them in the really early 40's. If I remember right indian ended up hiring one of Ace's engineers to help with the tinkering. It was an IOE engine, Intake over exhaust. I don't remember when but they tried to reverse that and build it as an exhaust over intake, and it ended up as a ball burner to anybody who rode it, so it failed and they returned to the original configuration. Kind of why I said it was interesting. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 10:35 PM (snZF9) 108
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? Yes - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes - Regime change in Cuba?Yes - Another Government budget shutdown? Yes! - More than six SpaceX Starship launches No - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? No - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No Posted by: Old Fossil at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2) 109
90 Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM *** Hello Teresa! Posted by: TRex - dino likes cake at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq) 110
I am wondering if maybe the top photo was staged at a historical site or private collection, perhaps? Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B) Yeah, like that Hackberry photo that looks vintage, but recent drivebys show the same items out front. Faked. Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (uQesX) 111
ugh, off hideous sock!
Posted by: moki at January 14, 2026 10:37 PM (wLjpr) 112
Indian 4!!
Posted by: DBCooper at January 14, 2026 10:37 PM (eN7jM) 113
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:31 PM (u82o
If they had any decent , reasonably priced missile silos still left I would have considered a move to Kansas. One of my dreams as a young adult. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:38 PM (KDPiq) 114
Despite my good 2025 showing, I am not going to do the economic section for 2026. Too many variables, as my chemistry professor grandpa would say.
For the "Events, dear boy, Events" section: - Tim Walz indicted? Yes - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes - Regime change in Cuba? Yes - Another Government budget shutdown? No - More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? Yes - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? Da (Yes) - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Please NO! - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? No - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No Posted by: prognosticating pookysgirl at January 14, 2026 10:38 PM (Wt5PA) 115
Financial metrics levels as of Dec 31, 2026 (provide a number for each:
S&P 500 (currently 6926.6) 7500 Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) 150 Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) It'll be up and down all year, ending at 100k 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) .50/round Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today) same Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today) $5.50 Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today) $210 Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614) 90M Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today) $2250 Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today) $40 TSLA stock price ($439.14 today) $600 Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today) $70 Posted by: Cave Johnson at January 14, 2026 10:39 PM (BGygK) Posted by: Sub-Commander Vella at January 14, 2026 10:40 PM (uQesX) 117
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? YES - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? YES - Regime change in Cuba? YES - Another Government budget shutdown? Oh, YES - More than six SpaceX Starship launches. YES - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? YES - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? NO - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? YES - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:41 PM (n4Qav) 118
Publius, good idea to have it checked out. Hoping everything continues to be normal.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 14, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U) 119
I'm not real knowledgeable on Indians though I have learned a lot about them and other early American motorcycle manufacturers from watching American Pickers. Mike and Frank (RIP) knew a whole lot about all motorcycles and Mike is an Indian expert.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:42 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 10:42 PM (OoFl2) 121
Stateless. I hope he is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:43 PM (n4Qav) 122
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gave a speech live to address the ongoing "chaos" in the Minneapolis. What he skipped is Minnesota is attempting to nullify, with a minty aftertaste of insurrection, the Federal government's absolute right to enforce federal law. He also skipped over the massive fraud his administration, at a minimum, ignored.
https://youtu.be/VWVbtJQB3xk?t=512 Posted by: Tis the Season at January 14, 2026 10:43 PM (HTCU3) 123
Here's hoping it was just a temporary glitch, Publius.
I'm glad you took it seriously enough to go get it checked out, though. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 10:44 PM (IG3/x) 124
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Ditto Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 14, 2026 10:44 PM (P4Pk9) 125
- Tim Walz indicted? Yes - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? No - Regime change in Cuba? Yes - Another Government budget shutdown? No - More than six SpaceX Starship launches No - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? Yes - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:44 PM (u82oZ) 126
Hi TRex! Yeah, I think "man I want to go back in with all the cool new things " and then I look in the mirror, and reality gives me the hard cold slap across the face. Major kudos to my old community, and all the others out there.
Posted by: Patches at January 14, 2026 10:45 PM (jofRv) 127
Anyway, they'll likely put me on some sort of monitor for a while and see if they see anything funny going on.
Posted by: publius Those lizards are no joke. Posted by: Reptile Dysfunction. at January 14, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2) 128
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? YES - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? YES - Regime change in Cuba? No - Another Government budget shutdown? YES - More than six SpaceX Starship launches. YES - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? Yes, in handcuffs - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? YES, the other justices will trick KJB into signing her resignation letter, to preserve their sanity. - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j) 129
Nick Shirley dropped another video exposing Somali fraud. This time he is focused on non emergency medical transportation.
https://youtu.be/zF2a3aTfA9w Posted by: Tis the Season at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (HTCU3) 130
Indian bikes were good but hard to start after they were hot
Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (P4Pk9) 131
is attempting to nullify, with a minty aftertaste of insurrection, the Federal government's absolute right to enforce federal law.
Don't these idiots remember any American history? Seems like we had this type confrontation before, c.1860 or so, and it got solved in favor of the feds. I DO NOT understand their goals. Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (47diA) 132
S&P 8000 (silly)
Silver 130.00 (also silly) Bitcoin 160k (yet more silly) 9mm 0.25 Nat. gas/gallon $2.40 CA gas $5.00 Den-Orl 200 TSA 2026 - 78m Austin aptmt 1500 (rental per month? down due to fewer illegals) Bourbon $36.99 TSLA $400 (no need with cheaper gas) Oil $45 (assumes Iran friendly, them and VZ producing and unsanctioned) Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 10:47 PM (vSvIl) 133
5. SOUTH CAROLINA
6. WASHINGTON 7. ARIZONA Who the hell is moving to Washington? Most be the Ohio refugees. Or the Californians looking for another place to screw up. I have news. You are too late! Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (V5Xvl) *** What Pete said. If you're coming to Washington, prepare for disappointment. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB) 134
Some good design stuff done.
Also, two weird movies: "Bacurau" and "The Mask." Both very weird, bu8t very worthwhile. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 14, 2026 10:48 PM (CHHv1) 135
More wild-ass guesses based on nothing.
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no. Tim Walz indicted? No Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? No Regime change in Cuba? No Another Government budget shutdown? Yes More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? No Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? Yes Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? Yes More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes and there will be articles in Salon etc. blaming the increased frequency of earthquakes on global warming At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes, probably Thomas. Roberts will retire the next time there's a Democrat president. Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? No, and I predict no medals will be awarded to the US in any sport that has judges. Posted by: Cave Johnson at January 14, 2026 10:48 PM (BGygK) 136
LRob in OK
The inner party wants power over others. The useful idiots think they get power by rebelling, but they are pawns. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ) 137
103 {{{Nurse, Marie}}} Thanks for the spot, Prolly just gonna lurk for awhile. Love you folks!
Lurk to your hearts content! As long as you are here sweet Rodent!💗 Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (LNeRu) 138
Ammoseek currently shows 9mm as low as 10 cents a round (not including shipping.) Quality/brand is YMMV.
Southern Munitions has a case of remanufactured (1000 rds) for $135 *shrugs* Just spent $200 on 3" 12G Coyote loads for a stupid semi-auto AR style shotgun. Stupid me. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (NwnyJ) 139
Predictions? About the future?
Yeah, sure. Plans are ok, but they seldom survive reality. Predictions are for carnival workers.. Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 10:49 PM (XuXeR) 140
I am wondering if maybe the top photo was staged at a historical site or private collection, perhaps? Bike and pickup are almost impossibly shiny, and the "service station" has pumps for two competing oil companies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B) Yeah, like that Hackberry photo that looks vintage, but recent drivebys show the same items out front. Faked. Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:36 PM (uQesX) yeah I don't know enough about indian to tell of the image is some AI mashup of indian bikes. It looks like a legit bike, and it seems to have a lot of details found on the earlier 1930s version, like the fenders and exhaust, so it seems consistent in the details, but like I said, not an expert on indians. You barely even see them anymore. The last one I worked on was years ago. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 10:50 PM (snZF9) 141
Best pic I've ever seen posted here.
Posted by: Big Porker at January 14, 2026 10:50 PM (x389x) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 10:50 PM (u82oZ) 143
Look at all the optimists around AoS
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX) 144
I have been ogling motorcycles for the last few days because I have convinced myself, for the nth time, I need a new motorcycle. After seeing the photo of the Indian 4 motorcycle above I clearly have no idea what comprises a proper motorcycle. I am ashamed by low level of aspiration.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (HTCU3) 145
- S&P 500 (currently 6926.6) 7800
- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) 120 - Bitcoin (USD 96,654.94 today) 110,000 - 9mm ammo (per blackbasin) ($0.20 per round today) 0.19 - Average nationwide cost for a regular grade gallon of gas ($2.840 per AAA today) 2.533 - Average cost for a gallon of regular grade gas in California ($4.21 per AAA today) 7.00 - Lowest price for a one-way adult flight from Denver to Orlando on Southwest Airlines if you buy 2 weeks in advance ($159 today) 149 - Total TSA airport passenger volume for 2026 (2025 number is 88,614,614) 86,513,314 - Median price for a 2 bedroom apartment in Austin (per latest Zumper data available) ($2,000 today) 1800 - Price of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml on Total Wine website with location set to Knoxville, TN) ($34.99 today) 33.99 - TSLA stock price ($439.14 today) 399.77 - Brent Crude Oil (65.06 per barrel today) 55.55 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (S/Y4j) 146
Hey guys,
We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue. SpaceX/NASA - Crew-11 Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Date: January 15, 2026 Splashdown Time: 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 UTC, 09:41 CET.) https://youtu.be/DWQteSboSnI Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y) 147
Heart rate jumping up to the 150s like that for no reason just sitting there is odd. Thinking about it, I've noticed skipped beat sensations when I get an adrenaline surge, like with a startle such as a loud noise or a near miss thing driving, where you get startled and have to slam on brakes. Heart rate accelerates and then the skipped beat. It seems sort of like a PVC. Thump..thump...thump...thumpThump.....miss...thump... So, something is likely going on, and it's just starting to show up. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb) 148
Years ago the "American Pickers" guys heard a story about a mechanic who had buried an entire Indian motorcycle in a pit behind his shop. The guys kept talking about "The family legend of the Indian buried behind the barn."
Those of us of pioneer stock could only snigger. When they finally dug out the pit they only found a few rusted motorcycle parts. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (PH3st) 149
Don't these idiots remember any American history? Seems like we had this type confrontation before, c.1860 or so, and it got solved in favor of the feds. I DO NOT understand their goals.
Posted by: LRob in OK They are desperate, seeking to throw any kind of wrench into the gears, a delaying action, hoping some other events will come along to save them. It's like when someone is fighting five burly cops trying to handcuff them, I'm sure deep inside the perp knows he/she is toast, but they keep resisting anyway. Posted by: Mentally Ill, Also at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (oftw2) 150
Yeah I think that photo is posed. TEXACO wasn't an official name until 1959 though I don't know if it was marketed as Texaco years before it became the official company name.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq) 151
Where the hell have you been? We saved many a space and had many a drink go warm and flat waiting for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 10:28 PM (IhIKR) It’s true about the space held open, you really don’t think the drinks went to waste. Do ya? Posted by: Pete Bog at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (V5Xvl) 152
Walz indicted: yes, but conviction I’ll give 50-50 odds.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia Can't argue that. Posted by: a ham sandwich at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (nhCoE) 153
Hey guys,
We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue. SpaceX/NASA - Crew-11 Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Date: January 15, 2026 Splashdown Time: 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 UTC, 09:41 CET.) https://youtu.be/DWQteSboSnI Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y) Thank you for the reminder. I hope I'm asleep then. The LZ is near San Diego, IIRC from the undocking feed. Here's hoping their navigation is top notch, and they avoid Mexican waters. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:55 PM (S/Y4j) 154
Look at all the optimists around AoS
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX) As optimistic as Metal Leo! Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 10:56 PM (uQesX) Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (XuXeR) 156
Joyenz, are you and your sister feeling better? I'm hoping both of you are.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j) 157
When they finally dug out the pit they only found a few rusted motorcycle parts.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (PH3st) Actually they found the frame also. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (KDPiq) 158
When they finally dug out the pit they only found a few rusted motorcycle parts.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (PH3st) ----------- Duh. The soft parts go first. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 10:58 PM (nWPIJ) 159
Walz-Y
Greenland assimilation underway-Y Cuba-N (let Rubio finish some of his current jobs) Shutdown-Y obviously >6 Starship-Y SpaceX IPO-N Ukraine ceasefire-N Powell out early-N D House-N (I hate that Reps are going to run on mildly less bad than the other guys and coincidentally same party as Trump, but Dems are determined to make that work) >14 earthquakes >7.0- N (WAG) Roberts shows up in Epstein files (or another SC is out)-Y US outperforms at Italy winter olympics-Y Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (vSvIl) 160
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Posted by: Yogi Berra at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX) 161
Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no.
- Tim Walz indicted? NO - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? NO - Regime change in Cuba? No - Another Government budget shutdown? YES - More than six SpaceX Starship launches. YES - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? NO - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? NO - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (HTCU3) 162
I can't believe how liberal San Diego has become. They are doubling down on their sanctuary city status .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:59 PM (KDPiq) 163
We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue.
----------- Rumors are swirling in the astronaut community that it was a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:00 PM (nWPIJ) Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:01 PM (XuXeR) 165
150 Yeah I think that photo is posed. TEXACO wasn't an official name until 1959 though I don't know if it was marketed as Texaco years before it became the official company name.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq) Texaco Star Theater was a big hit in the late 1930's radio and early 1950's TV. Posted by: Joemarine at January 14, 2026 11:01 PM (y171U) 166
Rumors are swirling in the astronaut community that it was a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:00 PM (nWPIJ) That was better than the guesses I heard earlier: Pregnancy or "Space Willies" before an EVA Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 11:03 PM (rbvCR) 167
163 Rumors are swirling in the astronaut community that it was a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:00 PM (nWPIJ) "Houston, we have an problem..." Posted by: Joemarine at January 14, 2026 11:04 PM (y171U) 168
Uncle Miltie starred on the Texaco Star Theater from 1948-56.
Posted by: Nasty Man at January 14, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2) 169
Texaco Star Theater was a big hit in the late 1930's radio and early 1950's TV.
Posted by: Joemarine Can I trust my car to the man that wears the star? The big, bright Texaco star? Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/) 170
Duh. The soft parts go first."
That's what she said. *ducks* Posted by: man The judges would also have accepted a John Wayne Bobbitt sock. Posted by: circumcisions, half off! at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (nhCoE) 171
Texaco was around, but the image above is staged. There's a color version that shows the details...
Still very cool to look at, but that's it. Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (XuXeR) 172
Yeah, I think I'll lurk with the Rat...love all you fantastic Morons!
"Wishing you a peaceful night full of sheep and zero existential dread.” Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 11:07 PM (LNeRu) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:10 PM (y79kU) 174
Joyenz, are you and your sister feeling better? I'm hoping both of you are.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 14, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j) Slowly on the mend, thanks :-) Posted by: Joyenz at January 14, 2026 11:12 PM (2F0/Y) 175
> As I recall, Dilbert explained that the boss needed to buy a new computer and put it to the right of the current one
Posted by: mindful webworker - long long ago in the ancient days of you're at January 14, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC) My favorite was the one where they gave the boss an Etch-A-Sketch as his new "computer" and told him to "reboot" it by turning it upside down and shaking it if the screen froze. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 11:13 PM (IG3/x) 176
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Can I trust my car to the man that wears the star? The big, bright Texaco star? Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/) Found the 29-year-old. Man, that was a deep memory. I wonder how many decades it's been since I thought of that. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 11:14 PM (IG3/x) 177
I don't think the Star with Texaco written across it was around in the 20's or 30's . The Star with a T in the middle was around though.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 11:14 PM (KDPiq) 178
Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request for:
a thing which needs to happen, sooner than later a thing which *will* happen, but hopefully not too soon Thanks in advance. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM (ULPxl) 179
I have been ogling motorcycles for the last few days because I have convinced myself, for the nth time, I need a new motorcycle. After seeing the photo of the Indian 4 motorcycle above I clearly have no idea what comprises a proper motorcycle. I am ashamed by low level of aspiration.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 14, 2026 10:51 PM (HTCU3) All depends on what kind of riding you want to do. New ones are a fortune, well kept bikes with low miles can be had pretty cheap. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9) 180
Can I trust my car to the man that wears the star?
The big, bright Texaco star? Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/) Damn, you old fuck. yes I do fire bazookas in glass houses. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9) Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 11:19 PM (IhIKR) 182
Prediction: Ketanji Jackass leaves the Court to pursue her passion making and selling painted ceramic ash trays.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) ---- They gave Anita Hill a Chair at a college in OK but it wasn't long before they tossed her. She landed a better, by that a higher paying, job in (of course) California. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:19 PM (y79kU) 183
The Texaco Shell photo could be staged or fake, but there was a day when that bike and that truck were shiny and new.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 14, 2026 11:20 PM (APZWP) 184
Washington and Maine in the top states? Confusing.
Posted by: LRob in OK Index is based on one way Uhaul transactions. Illegal crosses the border, makes his way to California. Rents Uhaul. Packs up free stuff given away by Cali and the associated NGOs. Heads up to live with family members living in Yakima and Tri Cities. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:20 PM (vzcgi) 185
178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request
Thanks in advance. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM *** May it be so. Posted by: TRex - praying dino at January 14, 2026 11:22 PM (IQ6Gq) 186
Don't these idiots remember any American history? Seems like we had this type confrontation before, c.1860 or so, and it got solved in favor of the feds. I DO NOT understand their goals.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 14, 2026 10:46 PM (47diA) Even further back, The Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-94. That was just three years after the Constitution was ratified. The Federal Government, from our very beginnings, has never really liked people defying it. Or shooting at people who represent it. Posted by: RickZ at January 14, 2026 11:22 PM (gKDq2) 187
I remember watching the Texaco Star Theater, probably in reruns.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (APZWP) 188
I have to wonder how many illegals ICE captures and then has to beat off ugly pierced lesbians. ...
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat --------- Glad you clarified that. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (y79kU) 189
On it, Helena Handbasket.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (DFaaT) 190
Prayers ascending, Helena.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (n4Qav) 191
I am off to bed. The wind is howling out there. Only 48 for a high tomorrow. I will be very, very cold.
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 11:24 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 14, 2026 11:25 PM (bss/y) 193
153 Hey guys,
We have a crew return splashdown tonight. This is the crew that was emergency evacuated due to a medical issue. SpaceX/NASA - Crew-11 Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Date: January 15, 2026 Splashdown Time: 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 UTC, 09:41 CET.) https://youtu.be/DWQteSboSnI Posted by: Joyenz --- NASA has things Elon wants. It's symbiotic. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:26 PM (y79kU) 194
My current state of residence is no on either uhaul list. Yaaa
Posted by: Pod Hamp at January 14, 2026 11:28 PM (nH+RN) 195
Damn, you old fuck.
yes I do fire bazookas in glass houses. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division Heh. The old guy gassing up the cool Indian 4banger is now my new visualization for you. Not sure if its an upgrade. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:29 PM (vzcgi) 196
It took some work to put the prediction surveys together. Well done.
Posted by: Short Arm Salute at January 14, 2026 11:34 PM (oftw2) 197
The Federal Government, from our very beginnings, has never really liked people defying it. Or shooting at people who represent it.
Posted by: RickZ --- Why people kept on moving west. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:34 PM (y79kU) Posted by: mindful webworker - have you heard the good word...? at January 14, 2026 11:34 PM (FMpsC) 199
The Shah has had a Youtube channel for 18 years.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (A32KF) 200
Which sock? Posted by: Sub-Commander Vella at January 14, 2026 10:40 PM (uQesX) Hapsburg jaw sock - from a previous thread. Bless their hearts Posted by: moki at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (wLjpr) 201
178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request
Thanks in advance. Posted by: Helena Handbasket On its way. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (vzcgi) 202
The Shah has had a Youtube channel for 18 years.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 11:38 PM (A32KF) A band, too. Shah Na Na. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B) 203
Reports of another shooting in MN
Posted by: Fen at January 14, 2026 11:40 PM (ciYHQ) 204
I was digging in a wood lot, trying to find grubs for my Box Turtle, and noticed some parts for a gas pump buried. Along with two metal signs from off the pumps, one Texaco Sky Chief Premium, the other for the regular. The regular one was folded and had some rust by the fold, but the Sky Chief one was nearly mint. Circa mid-late 50s I think. The nicer one is mounted on my bedroom wall, The other one on the outside wall of my garage. Examples like the Sky Chief on have gone for $250-300 online in auctions.
Posted by: Digger O'Dell at January 14, 2026 11:42 PM (oftw2) 205
I was digging in a wood lot, trying to find grubs for my Box Turtle
This is what's called "the hook" Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:44 PM (COQGW) 206
Examples like the Sky Chief on have gone for $250-300 online in auctions.
Posted by: Digger O'Dell at January 14, 2026 11:42 PM (oftw2) What about the grubs? (stamps foot impatiently) Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 14, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B) 207
BREAKING: DHS statement to
@FoxNews At 6:50 PM CT, federal law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted traffic stop in Minneapolis of an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by Joe Biden in 2022. In an attempt to evade arrest, the subject fled the scene in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car. The subject then fled on foot. The law enforcement officer caught up to the subject on foot and attempted to apprehend him when the subject began to resist and violently assault the officer. While the subject and law enforcement were in a struggle on the ground, two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and also attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle. As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, the original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick. Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life. The initial subject was hit in the leg. All three subjects ran back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside. The attacked officer and subject are both in th Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:45 PM (vzcgi) 208
So, something is likely going on, and it's just starting to show up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb) Have had them from stress (once in pregnancy combined with insomnia from changing work schedule). Again with stress in 2005. Sometimes too much caffine,etc. But take no chances. Sometimes nothing. But get it checked out. And call 911 if you feel dizzy, short of breath, nausea, chest pain, like you are going to pass out etc. Call your doc tomorrow, please. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 11:45 PM (WONhk) 209
As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, the original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick.
Clearly another case of ICE just going around shooting your neighbors willy-nilly. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2026 11:46 PM (COQGW) 210
Grok initially said the top photo was AI. I pressed it on this because it's specific comments were weak and it found the photo on an ebay auction of authentic old photos.
It's a real photo from the 40s. Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rbIOb) 211
Much best 🙏🙏🙏
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 14, 2026 11:49 PM (LNeRu) 212
131 -- LRob -- Maybe, just maybe, they are secret Twelvers trying to sow chaos in order to resurrect the Mahdi from its well.
I don't understand how Nebraska is so low on the destination list. Every where you go in Omaha, companies are building huge apartment complexes. Who are they building them for? I can't believe it's just kids of the current population. Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 14, 2026 11:50 PM (DK5Sh) 213
And call 911 if you feel dizzy, short of breath, nausea, chest pain, like you are going to pass out etc. Call your doc tomorrow, please.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat Picturing Gage and DeSoto pulling up in Squad 51, doing the EKG, transmitting the data to Docs Early And Brackett at Rampart General. Nurse Dixie McCall will answer the phone. Posted by: Jack Webb Production at January 14, 2026 11:52 PM (oftw2) 214
Good night ONT
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 11:52 PM (tnz8V) 215
Damn, you old fuck.
yes I do fire bazookas in glass houses. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division Heh. The old guy gassing up the cool Indian 4banger is now my new visualization for you. Not sure if its an upgrade. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:29 PM (vzcgi) No, I look nothing like that. You can forget that image. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9) 216
"Only God can create a random number." -- I do not recall who Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 11:56 PM (XeU6L) 217
{{{publius}}}
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 11:56 PM (tnz8V) 218
Clearly another case of ICE just going around shooting your neighbors willy-nilly.
Posted by: Cicero 18USC111 Assualting a Federal Officer Federal crime tried in a Federal court. Depending on whether the shovel and broom are considered deadly weapons, the asshoes are looking at sentencing ranges that max out at 8 years (w/o DW) up to 20 years (w DW). Another daily dose of FAFO. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 11:57 PM (vzcgi) 219
James o'keefe got another undercover interview, this time with a secret service agent who discloses sensitive information about the Vice President's planned trips, dates, security detail, shift changes and other sensitive information -- to a total stranger.
When I worked for a 3-letter Federal agency, that would have been a really serious problem. You'd have to be stupid and irresponsible to reveal it. Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (yzMRf) 220
Who was that got 100% on predictions for last year, Publius Redux? Just mark me down for his answer for this year, if he participates.
It's like investing according to the Pelosi fund. Posted by: mindful webworker - what can go wrong? at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (FMpsC) 221
publius...just read upthread that you went to the ED like a good boy. I should know better than to boss people around, but as a nurse that's what I do best.
My husband says I tell everyone else to go to the doctor but I try as best I can to avoid it myself. I see a cardiologist in a week for my done fall out, that I don't think was cardiac related (in early November). No other symptoms and I have done this before from dehydration and insomnia. I am a strange bird. I do have an irregular heartbeat (asymptomatic), need to lose wt and watch my mostly normal hypertension. I am very irritated about the entire thing. The echo showed some crap that we don't think is going to kill me. I am hoping the PA simply tells me to lose wt and puts me on new meds. Today I promised my husband I would be as brave as I always have been, and quit worrying. I don't worry 24/7, but sometimes I think about crap that I should not and let my fear turn to faith. Hope your heart is just jumping around and will settle down. I don't feel mine, but did in the past. This getting old stuff stinks, but a privilege many don't have to be irritated like me. I remind myself of that daily. God bless. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (WONhk) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (y79kU) 223
When I worked for a 3-letter Federal agency, that would have been a really serious problem. You'd have to be stupid and irresponsible to reveal it.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (yzMRf) To be fair, he did look like he was suitable for a bullet sponge. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 11:59 PM (9TGXB) 225
No, I look nothing like that. You can forget that image. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division My visualizations have nothing to do with reality. I blame it on the squirrel panel. You should see my visualization for CBD. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:00 AM (vzcgi) 226
April Wine was pretty awesome back in the day for a bunch of fucking Canadians.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:00 AM (BSdIE) 227
Top photo: No knowledge other than the bike is an Indian Four. I just like the photo.
------------ Great pic, Dino. Thanks for the ONT. Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 12:00 AM (41CYW) 228
Not sure if its an upgrade.
Posted by: Sock Monkey ------- Well, it does have two more cylinders than Bers' usual rides. [ducks] Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:01 AM (XeU6L) 229
Grok initially said the top photo was AI. I pressed it on this because it's specific comments were weak and it found the photo on an ebay auction of authentic old photos.
It's a real photo from the 40s. Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 11:47 PM (rbIOb) First off: this pic is probably from England. Notice the sign by the window? RAC Service Depot? That's Royal Automobile Club. And the Shell pump reads "Shell Motor Spirit". That's Brit usage for sure. The pickup, which is a Ford, I believe, looks like it might have an Amoco or Phillips logo on the door. Could be an "old" photo, taken any time from the 1950's to the 1990's, at some well-off Brit's car and petroliana collection. Does not look like an organically "real" picture. Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 15, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B) 230
Ha! Grok lied. There is no ebay photo.
It said it could not find any artifacts. I asked it if it was lying and just blowing me off to save computational time (this has happened before). It spent almost 2 minutes (according to the timer that runs) and could not find any artifacts and said it was authentic but could not find any exact matches. +++++++++++++++++++ So TRex, where did this photo come from? Please??? +++++++++++++++++++ Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 12:03 AM (rbIOb) Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 12:05 AM (WONhk) 232
Interesting air cleaner from the 40s.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (y79kU) Good catch! Looks like a K&N. Most 30's bikes had no air cleaner at all. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (8zz6B) 233
Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (NFUXy) 234
Yeah!
Finally got my new insurance card for 2026. (My 2025 plan was cancelled.) Now I have to have a test rescheduled as well as going to the pharmacy to get scripts on which I was running low. Plus the joy of finding out if there is a co-pay, and how much. What a pain. Second year in a row my Medicare plan was cancelled. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (gKDq2) 235
"In 1940, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. was around 18 to 19 cents, though some sources cite it as low as 15-16 cents."
Google says that those tanks ran around 4.5 gallons. Thus, assuming a completely dry tank, and using the 18 cent number, the guy's going to be on the hook for $.81 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:09 AM (XeU6L) 236
Allies of illegal invaders keep outing themselves and winning arrest and death. Dislike the threats and injuries to the officers, but otherwise I see only good in this. 😶
Posted by: mindful webworker - More Darwin awards please at January 15, 2026 12:09 AM (FMpsC) 237
Finally got my new insurance card for 2026. (My 2025 plan was cancelled.) Now I have to have a test rescheduled as well as going to the pharmacy to get scripts on which I was running low. Plus the joy of finding out if there is a co-pay, and how much.
------ Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L) 238
It spent almost 2 minutes (according to the timer that runs) and could not find any artifacts and said it was authentic but could not find any exact matches.
+++++++++++++++++++ So TRex, where did this photo come from? Please??? +++++++++++++++++++ Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 12:03 AM (rbIOb) A staged photo could be authentically a photo, and not an AI mashup, or product of darkroom chicanery. But a staged photo is not necessarily an authentic representation of actual events. Example: a publicity shot from the movie "tombstone" would be a perfectly authentic photo of the actors and set, but not an authentic photo of the Earps and Doc Holliday. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (8zz6B) 239
It seems sort of like a PVC. Thump..thump...thump...thumpThump.....miss...thump...
So, something is likely going on, and it's just starting to show up. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb) Sure sounds like Afib (atrial fibrillation), had that a decade ago. Get to a cardiologist soon. They can diagnose it pretty quickly. Usually control it with beta blockers and can eliminate it via a "relatively" safe catheter ablation surgical procedure. But do see a cardiologist asap. Posted by: Giles Overreach at January 15, 2026 12:12 AM (MDvLA) 240
Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (NFUXy) Thug bringing a shovel to a gunfight? *checks Magic 8 Ball* Outlook not so good. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 12:13 AM (n4Qav) Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 12:13 AM (BSdIE) 242
Allies of illegal invaders keep outing themselves and winning arrest and death. Dislike the threats and injuries to the officers, but otherwise I see only good in this. 😶
Posted by: mindful webworker - More Darwin awards please at January 15, 2026 12:09 AM (FMpsC) Every so often I come across a longish video of lefties being pulled out of their cars by ICE. It's lighthearted, wholesome entertainment. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:13 AM (gKDq2) 243
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L) The way you wrote that, I'm guessing they didn't give a reason. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:14 AM (gKDq2) 244
All depends on what kind of riding you want to do. New ones are a fortune, well kept bikes with low miles can be had pretty cheap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division Under 10K new, less used. I'm leaning towards a 300cc or 500cc bike since that can do short sprints on the freeways when there's no other option. The rest of the time will be secondary roads and dirt roads. Dirt roads in New Mexico can be utter sand pits or can be paved with bone jarring rocks. 10 mph is a good top speed on those so lightness and maneuverability is a key aspect. The secondary paved roads you have to be able to do 65 mph. The reality is there's so little traffic in rural New Mexico you could do 40 mph all day long and not be a problem. Basically I'm looking for a souped-up Trail 125 cuz that's how I roll. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:17 AM (HTCU3) 245
The way you wrote that, I'm guessing they didn't give a reason.
Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:14 AM (gKDq2) Mike Hammer recklessly lives in an area subject to hurricanes every 80 years or so... Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:18 AM (8zz6B) 246
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. That stinks. Do you have options? Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav) 247
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer -------- So.... you had a claim, they paid out... and F. U., right? Safeco did that to my parents. No claims, no problems for almost 30 years-- and then a major claim. Fixed it up, paid the contractor & whammo: cancellation. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm) 248
Some videos for when the commenting slows down.
‣ The History Guy: Fire Aboard USS Enterprise, 1969 https://youtu.be/-nfbgKOnDrM [Trek nuclear wessel link: "And Kepitan, it is the Enterprise." Only, it wasn't really.] ‣ The Rageaholic: Godspeed, Scott Adams https://youtu.be/yXUXY_UkWUU "I only enjoyed one fleeting, largely irrelevant interaction with Scott, though I'll take the details of that interaction to my grave." 🤔 ‣ Cowboy Kent Rollins: Come With Me To Hunt My First Elk! Green Chile Elk Tenderloin https://youtu.be/cx6Ro9LzW0I Sure to upset Petans and vegetarians alike. Posted by: mindful webworker - yoo hoo yoo toobs at January 15, 2026 12:19 AM (FMpsC) 249
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer --------- Liberty Mutual. Keeping your home safe from insurance coverage. Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 12:21 AM (41CYW) 250
The way you wrote that, I'm guessing they didn't give a reason.
Posted by: RickZ ------- Verbatim: "After careful consideration, we have concluded that we will not be able to renew your homeowner policy." Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L) 251
Interesting air cleaner from the 40s.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 11:58 PM (y79kU) Good catch! Looks like a K&N. Most 30's bikes had no air cleaner at all. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 12:07 AM (8zz6B) Its the booster spring for the seat. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (snZF9) 252
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer What state are you in? Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (HTCU3) 253
Boker tov. Made sure last night that our civil defense warning app was ready for any Iranian shenanigans. None were forthcoming. Slept like a log. Out the door I go. Hoping for a rather dull day.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (Ti0Hb) 254
So.... you had a claim, they paid out... and F. U., right?
Safeco did that to my parents. No claims, no problems for almost 30 years-- and then a major claim. Fixed it up, paid the contractor & whammo: cancellation. Posted by: JQ ------ Precisely, roof damage post-Helene. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:22 AM (XeU6L) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:23 AM (XeU6L) 256
That's a good point AOP.
Considering the prominence of the Indian it could be a stage photo done by them for publicity. But you would think there would be a record of that in some archive. And the background is very detailed and seems to be authentic period. The Ford truck and the British elements are odd. Hopefully, the Dino will shed some light on this. Posted by: pawn at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (rbIOb) 257
Every so often I come across a longish video of lefties being pulled out of their cars by ICE. It's lighthearted, wholesome entertainment.
Posted by: RickZ The instances of AWFLs resisting instructions from traffic cops, screaming and freaking out, seem to be proliferating. Besides the one protesting The Latest Thang. They seem intoxicated, high on indignation and self-righteousness. Just mind-boggling entitled mentality. But, yes, usually entertaining. Posted by: mindful webworker - do yoo know whoo I YAMMM? at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (FMpsC) 258
Boker tov. Made sure last night that our civil defense warning app was ready for any Iranian shenanigans. None were forthcoming. Slept like a log. Out the door I go. Hoping for a rather dull day.
Posted by: Biden's Dog -------- I wish you a continuum of such. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L) 259
I'm betting that when the ICE agent shot the guy who attacked him with a shovel, none of the attacker's male friends yelled "Why are you using real bullets?!?!?"
Posted by: PabloD at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (pXTL4) 260
Hoping for a rather dull day.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey You and your family are in my prayers. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:27 AM (vzcgi) 261
I'm betting that when the ICE agent shot the guy who attacked him with a shovel, none of the attacker's male friends yelled "Why are you using real bullets?!?!?"
Posted by: PabloD at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (pXTL4) In a perfect world they wouldn't have been able to ask shit. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9) 262
What state are you in?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram ----- NC Posted by: Mike Hammer A quick search says insurance companies are pulling out in North Carolina because of a settlement with state regulators and from costs from some disasters. That's a problem. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 12:28 AM (HTCU3) 263
>>"Why are you using real bullets?!?!?"
---------- Had to LOL when I first read about idiot saying that. Because, you know, every time I'd read about idiots getting blasted with rubber bullets I'd think to myself: "Why tf AREN'T they using real bullets?!?!?" Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm) 264
In a perfect world they wouldn't have been able to ask shit.
Posted by: Berserker ---------- "Uh...is this arterial beedin... Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:31 AM (XeU6L) 265
After years of working in that factory, making ammo and inspecting/packing it up *just so* for ICE-- yes, that ICE-- and wondering why... because they sure as hell were not USING any...
I now feel as though those years were not wasted. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:33 AM (rdVOm) 266
Whatever is gonna happen in Iran, I don’t think it’s gonna happen tonight.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 15, 2026 12:34 AM (xVja5) 267
Greetings Everyone
Stumbling in late again....but at least I'm not sopping wet, all scratched up and yelling the punch line from a joke... My Predicts for 2026 Financial: No Idea. Event Horizons...: Walz Indicted - No Greenland - No Change Cuba - No Budget Shutdown - Yes >6 Starship Launches - Yes SpaceX IPO - Yes Rus-Uke Ceasefire - No Powell Early Out - No Democratic House - Yes Earthquakes - No SC Justice - Yes Olympic Medals - Yes Proposed Bonus Round: Shrillary and Slick Willie face any consequences AT ALL for ignoring Congressional Subpoena: RUFKM??? Ha! Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 12:34 AM (QGaXH) 268
1. Cuba will have revolt this summer when water runs out in Havana again. Raul Castro will finally die of Alzheimer's. His chief goon executive Diaz-Canel (whom Trump needs to nickname "DIARRHEA CANAL" will end up killing about 10,000 Cubans before his henchmen are strung up on the Malecon. Secret files showing all the money and support from American leftists will be revealed along with JFK's assassination preparation. They will also capture some intel from the Russian-run Lourdes listening post outside of Havana that gathers all our intel from Tampa Southern Command. Also 3 new Cuban spies will be captured at the Dept of War.
Chelsea Clinton will divorce her unemployable husband. Large Earthquake in Los Angeles. 8.2. 1 million deaths and injuries. Mexican cartel drone attack at Seal Base Coronado as a reprisal against attack by us on Jalisco Nuevo Generaciones Cartel in Tijuana. Hillary gets cancer. Stage IV. Walz is indicted in March. Bernie Sanders dies of stroke in July. James Comey gets off from his crimes by unorthodox move by the presiding judge. Maryland Father Kilmore learns enough ENGLISH to say hello and thank you. Posted by: Donovan Nuera at January 15, 2026 12:38 AM (LKMDZ) 269
Israeli news has reported that Iranian leaders have transferred $1.5 billion in crypto out of Iran to escrow accounts in Dubai over the last 2 days. Treasury Sec Bessent has also commented that large outflows of capital are being transferred out of the country by Iranian elites.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:39 AM (vzcgi) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:39 AM (y79kU) 271
A gentle reminder-
You gotta fight For your right TO PARTY Thank you for your attention to this message. Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos at January 15, 2026 12:39 AM (f/3mU) 272
7 of the top ten are in the South, the most conservative part of the country. This does not surprise me. Dead last California, this is not surprising either. The cost of living matters.
Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 12:41 AM (4rWc3) Posted by: Mullah Miklos, freelance Mahdi at January 15, 2026 12:41 AM (f/3mU) 274
Maryland Father Kilmore learns enough ENGLISH to say hello and thank you.
Posted by: Donovan Nuera Adios would be sufficient Posted by: Mikloso Garcia-Rodrigeuz at January 15, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU) 275
"After careful consideration, we have concluded that we will not be able to renew your homeowner policy."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:21 AM (XeU6L) "careful." It was in the pile of policies to be cancelled. They were careful not to spill anything. My friend is going nuts with home insurance on Staten Island. Ever since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, her rates have gone through the roof, after having to have the roof replaced. She was concerned then about the snow in the attic. -- One more home insurance gripe. You're covered for a hurricane but if there are storm surge floodwaters, you're not covered for the flooding. Make that make sense. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:44 AM (gKDq2) 276
I do hope the mullahs are soiling themselves And I hope they die.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (n4Qav) Posted by: Iranian barber at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (f/3mU) 278
Maybe during the 3 day weekend?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (A32KF) 279
The instances of AWFLs resisting instructions from traffic cops, screaming and freaking out, seem to be proliferating. Besides the one protesting The Latest Thang. They seem intoxicated, high on indignation and self-righteousness. Just mind-boggling entitled mentality. But, yes, usually entertaining.
Posted by: mindful webworker - do yoo know whoo I YAMMM? at January 15, 2026 12:25 AM (FMpsC) I've seen two theories to explain this, and they probably run together. The first is they've gotten away with such nonsense for far too long. It's the old story: Somebody breaks the law. Nobody enforces it, so no big deal. You continue breaking the law and someone does enforce it, they are now a fascist. The other is legal pharmacology, overmedication. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 12:48 AM (gKDq2) 280
You gotta fight
For your right TO PARTY Thank you for your attention to this message. Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos * digs around in drawer for brass knuckles* * pours another glass of chocolate milk * Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:48 AM (vzcgi) 281
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer Be a shame if it burns while still covered Posted by: Innocent Lil' Miklos at January 15, 2026 12:49 AM (f/3mU) 282
Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?
- I would guess they expected the agent to just take a beating (or worse), because he's a Nazi and they're on the right side of history. Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2026 12:49 AM (vSvIl) 283
27 deg., gusty, I hear ice particles against the windows.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:49 AM (XeU6L) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (XeU6L) 285
Tennessee is full up. Full of rednecks, and we still fly the Confederate Battle Flag. And we're armed to the teeth.
Fellow travelers welcome: arrogant lefty asshats can fuck right off. Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (reMys) 286
Thanks for the ONT T-Rex. I'll give the predictions a shot.
Copying here froze the posting so I'll have to email it. Publius, best wishes from here, hope it turns out to be something simply solved. Be well, good buddy. Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (55Qr6) 287
* pours another glass of chocolate milk *
Posted by: Sock Monkey * The old molokko plus, eh droog? But chocolate Posted by: Miklos in best Malcolm McDowell Clockwork voice at January 15, 2026 12:51 AM (f/3mU) 288
I stayed up too late last night, and uttered some ignorant blather about data centers...My apologies to any who read that, LOL.
It would be nice to learn more-- I am truly curious about them. It was proposed that Pixy do a post about data centers, to help clarify their purposes and need. I look forward to reading it, someday-- after a good night's sleep. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 12:53 AM (y79kU) 290
Two thugs, one wielding a shovel, against one ICE agent. And you would expect what to happen exactly?
- I would guess they expected the agent to just take a beating (or worse), because he's a Nazi and they're on the right side of history. Posted by: Methos Actually there were three thugs. The original IA suspect who the officer chased down and the two idiots who came out of the apartment with a shovel and a broom stick. The suspect is the one who was shot. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 12:54 AM (vzcgi) 291
Hauls in 12 "Yes" and 12 "No" markers. Throws them on floor. "Distribute them however you will among the choices" Candace Owens will go batshit crazy and run through her neighborhood rifling through trash cans looking for Mossad's spying devices. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 12:54 AM (xG4kz) 292
Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".
Posted by: publius *prayers* Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation Posted by: Miklos lied to girls bout why my heart skipped a beat at January 15, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU) 293
Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".
Posted by: publius *prayers* Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation Posted by: Miklos --------- I'll see your afib, and raise you a AAA. See the doc, pubs Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:57 AM (XeU6L) 294
Pittsburgh poop man is an instant classic
Posted by: LASue at January 15, 2026 12:58 AM (Du1U/) 295
It was proposed that Pixy do a post about data centers, to help clarify their purposes and need. I look forward to reading it, someday-- after a good night's sleep. Posted by: JQ Cryptocurrency needs data centers because their value is continuously being computed, or some such nonsense. AI needs data centers because Large Learning Models are restricted by only "knowing" those things to which they have been exposed ... and they are retarded ... but if we blow a few more gazillion computations on them Lo! they'll surpass Einstein in their knowledge and wisdom. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 12:59 AM (xG4kz) 296
Headed to the arms room to get a broomstick.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 01:00 AM (A32KF) 297
A gentle reminder-
You gotta fight For your right TO PARTY Thank you for your attention to this message. Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos What's That Noise ?!??!? Posted by: your mom at January 15, 2026 01:01 AM (3ZUWJ) 298
Headed to the arms room to get a broomstick. Posted by: Boss Moss Riley, is that you? -- zombie Chuck Yeager Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:01 AM (xG4kz) 299
Profit! Which is what they are about.
Posted by: Mike Hammer ---------- Yep. Insurance is a *bad word* to me. They take and they take, year after year, "Lawd, they was lovey-dovey" until you have a claim. Then it's a battle. And if you don't get cancelled, you sure as hell pay them back (double or more) in increased premiums afterward. Such a fking racket. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm) 300
Allstate insured my house for $100,000. It's on two acres of land here in Alabama. My taxes this past year was $150.00.
Gasoline prices around here this week $2.30 a gallon. Posted by: Case at January 15, 2026 01:02 AM (4rWc3) Posted by: MiklosWatch at January 15, 2026 01:03 AM (f/3mU) 302
"Large Learing Model" Posted by: MiklosWatch "Wipe that stupid look off your face or I'll wipe it off for you." -- my dearly loved parents when they'd had enough of my bullshit Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:05 AM (xG4kz) 303
Well, dear readers, I did it: Pulled the plug on a job that had me burned out, and retired!
My boss's nickname was "Kim Jong-il" (female Korean American, married to an Antifa goon boy, and had a taste for sadism). Being retired (three weeks now) is wee-urd. I thought it would be like being on extended vacation until the Lord calls me home -- but I feel adrift. It has also crossed my mind that my moneyman's telling me I have plenty of money to go the rest of the way, "even if you need a nursing home at some point" means that my expiration date is coming in a few years, and that's a sobering thought. Health, apart from needing to shed the weight I gained after refugeeing south from NYC, is pretty good. Sleep has been all over the map. Falling asleep in the Lazy Boy recliner, with Youtoob videos on autoplay; waking up at 5 am and pondering whether going back to bed counts as a nap. I feel like I got off of a Hellship, but as it has gone hull-down over the horizon, and the voices on board are fainter and fainter, I'm adrift in a little sloop on the ocean, with no destination in mind.... Any thoughts? Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM (reMys) Posted by: A Miklos is as a Miklos does at January 15, 2026 01:08 AM (f/3mU) 305
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 12:59 AM
--------- My uneducated view is that all this extra computing power is at best-- little more than electronic masturbation for crypto/AI and at worst-- a more streamlined means of invading personal privacy for advertising or legal entrapment of political opponents. Don't mind me. I'm just another idiot with a keyboard and 'net connection. Hahahaha. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm) 306
So it's Policy Cancellation Wednesday? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:08 AM (xG4kz) 307
Everything looked normal. Did notice a couple of skipped beat sensations during all that. Doc referred me to cardiologist, thinks "something is going on".
Posted by: publius *prayers* Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation Posted by: Miklos --------- I'll see your afib, and raise you a AAA. See the doc, pubs Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:5 ---------- What is an AAA MH? Now I've had several SVTs, they are no fun. Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 01:09 AM (55Qr6) 308
121 Stateless. I hope he is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 10:43 PM (n4Qav) Reading thru the comments from earlier in the evening - might be a good idea to include informing the Hq as part of your ongoing or final instructions to next of kin should something happen... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 01:10 AM (QGaXH) 309
Congrats on your retirement, Beverly. Do whatever the hell you want - and enjoy.
Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 01:10 AM (41CYW) 310
In the top photo, a single filling station was offering two different brands of fuel for sale (Shell and Texaco)? Never saw that before. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:10 AM (xG4kz) 311
with no destination in mind....
Any thoughts? Posted by: Beverly In NC, they don't care about assets, only income. NC is OK, and you can be a passive millionaire and qualify for Medicaid and stuff. Posted by: sakkaliner Miklos, a few miles shy of the State Line at January 15, 2026 01:11 AM (f/3mU) 312
I wanna play 😊
- Price of Silver (per ounce) (currently 93.185) $321.95 All the other number questions are just math, I can't even.... Will the following events take place by the end of 2026? Yes or no. - Tim Walz indicted? Yes - Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? Yes - Regime change in Cuba? Yes - Another Government budget shutdown? Yes - More than six SpaceX Starship launches Yes - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? No - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? Yes - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? No - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? No - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? Yes - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? Yes - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? Under Evening all Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:12 AM (RkOfE) 313
"One more home insurance gripe. You're covered for a hurricane but if there are storm surge floodwaters, you're not covered for the flooding. Make that make sense."
- - - - - They don't cover flood insurance because only the Feds (currently) offer that as a separate policy... Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 15, 2026 01:13 AM (5V942) 314
The Pittsburgh police scanner is supremely entertaining but I'm starting to wonder if Pittsburgh is a real place or if it made up like Rhode Island.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:14 AM (RkOfE) 315
What is an AAA MH? Now I've had several SVTs, they are no fun.
Posted by: Farmer -------- Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L) 316
- Walz indicted? No - Greenland? Yes - Regime change? No - Shutdown? No - Launches? Yes - SpaceX IPO? No - Russia/Ukraine agreement? No - Powell leaves? No - Democratic control? No - Earthquakes? Yes - Supreme Court Justice? No - Winter Olympics? Yes Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:15 AM (E0p3T) 317
I feel like I got off of a Hellship, but as it has gone hull-down over the horizon, and the voices on board are fainter and fainter, I'm adrift in a little sloop on the ocean, with no destination in mind....
Any thoughts? Posted by: Beverly Embrace trash day eve. Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (HTCU3) 318
Any thoughts? Posted by: Beverly First, congratulations! Advice: find one or to things that you really want to do and get into them, deeply. You'll fill your time and psychic needs quickly enough. For me, they are scouting (although now receding in importance after thirteen years) and lapidary. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (xG4kz) 319
I had to write a semi serious text today and I wanted so badly to end it with "thank you for your attention to this matter" but I exercised restraint and did not.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (RkOfE) 320
It was proposed that Pixy do a post about data centers, to help clarify their purposes and need. I look forward to reading it, someday-- after a good night's sleep.
Posted by: JQ ---- Secondary products from the data centers may be as or more beneficial than the actual data. Right now they are set to produce their own energy. Bezos is going for one full size and four modular (can't think of the name) nuclear reactors, Five are on the books in Texas. They are firing up 3 mile island and one in Illinois. Nvidia is going nuclear, so are the rest of them. One of them is doing fission. Innovation Nuclear has backing from Washington along with wizkids brains, money and competitive drive building a safe, cheap and powerful reactors will be the norm. Energy will be cheap. Green Peas can stuffit. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2026 01:16 AM (y79kU) 321
Had surgery on my head today. Unfortunately they did not put brains in. Nor were they able to remove what needs removing (not cancer). Need to see a plastic surgeon. Hope they don't send me home with new bewbs.
Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 01:18 AM (41CYW) Posted by: The Wisdom of Yogi Berra at January 15, 2026 01:18 AM (f/3mU) 323
The Pittsburgh police scanner is supremely entertaining but I'm starting to wonder if Pittsburgh is a real place or if it made up like Rhode Island. Posted by: AmericanKestrel Now and again -- every other week or so -- there'll be a report from an area that I kind of know there and I'll think, "Ah, yup, some things never change." Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 15, 2026 01:18 AM (xG4kz) 324
Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM (reMys)
Congrats even if it doesn't feel "good". Just count the blessings and stay present about it, much as that sounds twee or gay or whatever. Think of allllll those days and mornings you don't have to do the thing anymore. None of us knows if we have 30 years or 30 minutes. Enjoy!!! Posted by: ... at January 15, 2026 01:19 AM (E0p3T) 325
I had to write a semi serious text today and I wanted so badly to end it with "thank you for your attention to this matter" but I exercised restraint and did not.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel Yuge, the best, so clear, so concise, concise like you wouldn't believe, people say the best they have ever seen, classy Posted by: Late Nite Copy Editor Miklos J. Trump at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (f/3mU) 326
178 Hello Horde, drive-by prayer request for:
a thing which needs to happen, sooner than later a thing which *will* happen, but hopefully not too soon Thanks in advance. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 11:16 PM (ULPxl) Just spitballin here.... Thing which needs to happen - they need to get married.. Thing which will happen - 'the reason they need to get married' on it's way, hopefully doesn't arrive too soon.. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (QGaXH) 327
Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly Congratulations! My two cents is to embrace the lack of schedule for a bit and a good schedule will sort itself out. Pay attention to what you enjoy doing, what ideas you find interesting, and build a routine that brings you joy and fulfillment. Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (RkOfE) 328
Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 01:14 Now that sounds damn scary. You have this under control? I've had a couple of friends die from that. Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 01:23 AM (55Qr6) 329
Welcome to the Wide Wide World of Atrial Fibrillation
Posted by: Miklos lied to girls bout why my heart skipped a beat at January 15, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU) That's why I have paddles in my chest. Bastard's worked 11 times, once while awake. Nothing like feeling that sucker go off. Imagine having a metal knife and you plug it into an electrical outlet. Pretty much the same thing. I felt like I was kicked by a mule. The other 10 times I was unconscious and really on my way out. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 01:24 AM (gKDq2) 330
I'm just another idiot with a keyboard and 'net connection. Hahahaha.
Posted by: JQ at January For which all of us at Club ONT are grateful! Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:25 AM (RkOfE) 331
>>>Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly >Welcome to the club. I'm working on a routine. Family mostly. Rest and recovery is important. As is exercise. Maintaining your balance is paramount as is not getting any more grey hair than necessary. Keep your mind sharp. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 01:26 AM (BSdIE) 332
Another day another ice shooting. Chuckie schumer says are corporate donors wont let us run on getting rid ice!
Posted by: raimondo at January 15, 2026 01:27 AM (H+Ok+) 333
Any thoughts?
Posted by: Beverly Part time job, volunteer, learn a new skill. Whatever you choose to do, do it with a sense of adventure and no pressure. Create a schedule for yourself even if it seems mundane. The last 10 years of my professional career I was self-employed. Basically all I did was work. I retired early because I realized I was just a boarder in my own house and my wife and 15 year old son were strangers. I took a job as a school custodian. Most enjoyable 6 years of my working life. Don't pressure yourself and don't be in a hurry. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 01:28 AM (vzcgi) 334
I'm just another idiot with a keyboard and 'net connection. Hahahaha.
Posted by: JQ at January AND BAR DUTY No workee, no payee Posted by: Crazy Miklos' late Nite Tiki Bar and Show at January 15, 2026 01:29 AM (f/3mU) 335
Hey Horde, prayers up for all who need them.
Beverly, congrats on your retirement. I think that saying goodbye to a sadistic boss will do wonders for your health. scampydog, nice to see you here. JQ, the usual if you will please. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk) 336
don't like schumer stop put in action against him as enough of the people down their more $$$! source tuckers. If security senile old joe biden and ocasio-cortez! can party allies from votes! His chuckie! 2022 ny privility? what happens to control water.
Posted by: raimondo on tap at January 15, 2026 01:31 AM (f/3mU) 337
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer Never have been a fan of insurance. Will you be compensated at all for your payments over time? Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:31 AM (RkOfE) 338
build a routine that brings you joy and fulfillment.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:22 AM (RkOfE) Does 'kill everybody who pisses you off' count? Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 01:31 AM (gKDq2) 339
Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM
-------- Glad you got out of a bad situation. Can't think of much worse than dreading one's job. If you live where there is actual winter weather-- enjoy not needing to drag out into the freezing cold mornings to scrape ice & then have to wait for car to defrost before driving through snow/ice while sharing the road with EEJOTS the whole way! What to do? --finish that book, whether you're writing it or just reading it --continue keeping a regular wake/sleep schedule --daydream. You can act on these later. Enjoy!!! Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm) 340
Well, 11:33 P.M. here. Time for my beauty sleep. One of these days, it simply has to take. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 15, 2026 01:33 AM (8zz6B) 341
I took a job as a school custodian. Most enjoyable 6 years of my working life. Don't pressure yourself and don't be in a hurry.
Posted by: Sock Monkey Dat man know sumptin' Can sang too Posted by: Beloved "Uncle" Miklos, 101 year old Custodian and blues musician at January 15, 2026 01:33 AM (f/3mU) Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm) 343
314 The Pittsburgh police scanner is supremely entertaining but I'm starting to wonder if Pittsburgh is a real place or if it made up like Rhode Island.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel Pittsburgh is a magical place! Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 01:34 AM (sAmhv) Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm) 345
Nuclear has backing from Washington along with wizkids brains, money and competitive drive building a safe, cheap and powerful reactors will be the norm. Energy will be cheap. Green Peas can stuffit.
Posted by: Braenyard If that happens, I fully expect Hollywood to make a China Syndrome II. Worked so well the first time. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 01:38 AM (sAmhv) 346
Tim Walz indicted? NO
- Agreement to bring Greenland under US control in some form (such as a territory)? YES - Regime change in Cuba? NO - Another Government budget shutdown? YES (likely 2 weeks from now) - More than six SpaceX Starship launches NO - SpaceX IPO announced (direct to public market, not through another company)? NO - Russia/Ukraine cease fire agreement? NO - Jerome Powell leaves as Fed Chair before his term ends in May 2026? NO - Democratic control of the House after mid-term elections? NO - More than 14 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 globally? NO - At least one Supreme Court Justice leaves the bench or announces their intent to step down? NO - Over the past four winter Olympic games, the US has averaged about 28 medals. Will the US win more than average in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics? NO Posted by: steven at January 15, 2026 01:38 AM (QOrsj) 347
Yep. Insurance is a *bad word* to me. They take and they take, year after year, "Lawd, they was lovey-dovey" until you have a claim.
Then it's a battle. And if you don't get cancelled, you sure as hell pay them back (double or more) in increased premiums afterward. Such a fking racket. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm) I was an all lines insurance claims manager for over 30 years. Casualty insurance companies pay out more in claims than the premium they take in . They make their money by investing the premiums. In my experience , first party claims are handled by giving the policyholder the benefit of the doubt on questionable claims. I’ve always said everyone should sit at an insurance claims desk for six months. Their perception of insurance claims handling would completely change. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM (KDPiq) 348
>>>Pittsburgh is a magical place!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come >Now that Tomlin took a hike, there may be prospects. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM (BSdIE) 349
If that happens, I fully expect Hollywood to make a China Syndrome II. Worked so well the first time.
Posted by: Puddleglum --------- "There *was* a vibration!" OMG!!! Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm) 350
They seem intoxicated, high on indignation and self-righteousness. Just mind-boggling entitled mentality. But, yes, usually entertaining.
---- I avoid these. I raised children to not act like this and so I go right into "this child needs to learn a lesson" mode. And ignore because they are not my child. But they definitely missed something in their education. I detest whining. I don't think any of my children whined more than once because I responded with "children who whine get nothing!" And also, "try saying that again in a normal tone of voice" Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:40 AM (RkOfE) 351
328 Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 01:14 Now that sounds damn scary. You have this under control? I've had a couple of friends die from that. Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 15, 2026 01:23 AM (55Qr6) Dang...all of this makes my wonky stuff hopefully just that. Or, as we know it in our house, "incidental findings." My husband is king of those. I had my little syncope performance but don't think it's heart or brain related (we all know I lack the latter). I just pass out every 4yrs or so if I rush in the early am, don't hydrate, and don't sleep because I need to get up to rush. Good thing this was not a problem when I was working and waking and rushing for decades. 4yrs ago the ED doc, after a bunch of tests, told me she had it. That when I feel it coming on to lie down with feet above my heart a bit, and tense all muscles. I ignored the warnings & passed out instead, and knew better. EMT's said all normal. I said no to another ED visit. PA said I had to have an echo and holter and here I am seeing a cardiology PA in a week. I hope to be left alone for six months. Lose wt and behave for once in my life. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 15, 2026 01:40 AM (WONhk) 352
I took a job as a school custodian. Most enjoyable 6 years of my working life. Don't pressure yourself and don't be in a hurry.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 01:28 AM (vzcgi) Reminds me of Lt. Joe Kenda. His last show, he revealed what he did after retiring as a cop. He became a school bus driver. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 01:40 AM (gKDq2) 353
Good night AOP
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:42 AM (RkOfE) 354
I either play golf or tennis almost every day since I’ve retired. On the days I don’t I paint.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:44 AM (KDPiq) 355
I used to travel to Pittsburgh for insurance seminars. Tony Roma’s and iron city beer was always on the menu. (the beer not so great but it was a tradition)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:47 AM (KDPiq) 356
Does 'kill everybody who pisses you off' count?
Posted by: RickZ at Januar *Laughs* *Takes a moment* I'm taking much more time than I should, thinking this over. Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:48 AM (RkOfE) 357
> Nurse Dixie McCall will answer the phone.
Posted by: Jack Webb Production at January 14, 2026 11:52 PM (oftw2) She had it going on. I knew she was a MILF before that term was even invented. Weird thing was, she was Jack Webb's ex-wife, and the guy who played Dr. Early was her new husband. Apparently the split was amicable, given that he hired them for one of his shows. Good night, all. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2026 01:48 AM (IG3/x) 358
The Indian motorcycle pic looks fake to me. Could be wrong. Fucking AI ruins everything.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 01:49 AM (rfn8n) Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:50 AM (RkOfE) 360
...Their perception of insurance claims handling would completely change.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 15, 2026 01:39 AM ------------ I imagine that being rather like being a cop: You deal with scammers and thieves all day long, so when you encounter a normie, the default is to treat them just like everyone else. "Questionable claims" = ALL claims, yes? Sorry, not sorry... Insurance companies are only a bit more pleasant than the IRS in my book. Nothing personal, Opinion fact. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm) 361
Good night Rodrigo
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:51 AM (RkOfE) 362
Hey Debbie, you still around? Good to "see" you. Hope you are doing well.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 01:52 AM (RkOfE) 363
Received a terse notice last week from Liberty Mutual, cancelling my homeowners insurance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 15, 2026 12:11 AM (XeU6L) Couple of years ago the boy borrowed my car, ran a red light in front of a cop, about 20 mph over the limit. He lost his license, and State Farm cancelled our car insurance. So I told them to fuck off with the homeowners as well. They made plenty of money off my for years, and they just decided we were too much of a risk over a one-time bad choice by a teenager. Insurance has always been a racket, but that took the cake. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 01:53 AM (6Bc88) Posted by: Miklos sounds the Seamus Muldoon Horn at January 15, 2026 01:54 AM (f/3mU) 365
Sorry, not sorry... Insurance companies are only a bit more pleasant than the IRS in my book.
Nothing personal, Opinion fact. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm) Look at who has the biggest and fanciest corporate headquarters. It isn't oil companies, it's insurance companies. They are very wealthy folks. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 15, 2026 01:54 AM (6Bc88) 366
Look at who has the biggest and fanciest corporate headquarters. It isn't oil companies, it's insurance companies. They are very wealthy folks.
Posted by: tcn in AK -------- Don't forget the sports arenas! Yeah, and I don't think their corpo execs are driving Toyotas or Subarus either. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm) 367
Yeah, and I don't think their corpo execs are driving Toyotas or Subarus either.
Posted by: JQ Subarus yes Posted by: Lesbian Life and Stabbing Casualty at January 15, 2026 02:02 AM (f/3mU) 368
*waves to DDS*
Sockmonkey... I have thought about doing the custodian thing - not AOP, but I can fix shit. Carl from B'Fast Club was amusing. Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 02:02 AM (41CYW) 369
You gotta fight
For your right TO PARTY Thank you for your attention to this message. Posted by: Genial Late Nite Beastie Boy Miklos * digs around in drawer for brass knuckles* * pours another glass of chocolate milk * Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude This is my kind of party! Wait! Ha, found a stiletto in the back of the closet and I'm going to make a glass of strawberry milk. Yum Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 02:03 AM (RkOfE) 370
355 I used to travel to Pittsburgh for insurance seminars. Tony Roma’s and iron city beer was always on the menu. (the beer not so great but it was a tradition)
Posted by: Opinion fact IC Light is drinkable and almost ok. I like it anyway. IC on the other hand, not good. At all. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 15, 2026 02:04 AM (sAmhv) 371
2 years ago, there were a few forest fires in my region (none within 20 miles of my home, but still... my "region") and some homes were lost. Maybe a dozen totalled, a couple dozen more damaged to varying degrees.
What happened next? MY homeowners insurance jacked 80%. EIGHTY PERCENT. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm) 372
IC Light is drinkable and almost ok. I like it anyway. IC on the other hand, not good. At all.
Posted by: Puddleglum Ahem Posted by: the long neglected Boilermaker at January 15, 2026 02:05 AM (f/3mU) 373
I liked Pittsburgh. Commuted there for consulting work for 5+ years. Was nothing like the image I had from the youth. Cool people (not the tweakers), good food.
Posted by: scampydog at January 15, 2026 02:06 AM (41CYW) 374
Also, read up thread a bit, and praying for God's presence and peace in your situation Helena.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 02:06 AM (RkOfE) 375
Good night AOP.
Hi Kestrel, good to see you, I am well thank you. JQ, I am still dealing with the insurance company regarding the tree on the garage last October. Miklos, would you like a drink? Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 02:06 AM (0nHVk) 376
Miklos, would you like a drink?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz yes *extends 32 oz insulated Chug-a-Mug* Posted by: Miklos has real plastic straws too at January 15, 2026 02:08 AM (f/3mU) 377
AFIB. It doesn't t kill you, at least in the near future. What does kill you is the stroke, caused by the blood clots created in the heart when it's flopping about. That's the reason to see the doc in a hurry. Get prescribed one of the clot preventing drugs like Eliquis. Then you'll have time to.figure out what else you need to.do, but you can't do that if a stroke kills you, or worse, leaves you a cripple, unable to remember your own birthday.
Insurance. A number of insurance companies have bailed out of my area, v citing wildfire risk. No discrimination, they just cancelled out. Unfortunately, insurance companies are not run by.mathematicians, who they hire to set their baseline profits. They're run by people who get themselves into these positions because they wanna be rich, so they start nibbling at the edges. Like Vegas casinos adding double and even triple zero to the roulette wheel, having the odds in their favor isn't good enough. They want more. Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 02:10 AM (lbb+E) 378
I should probably copyright Chug-a-Mug
Posted by: Miklos gonna be RICH at January 15, 2026 02:10 AM (f/3mU) 379
Sockmonkey... I have thought about doing the custodian thing - not AOP, but I can fix shit. Carl from B'Fast Club was amusing.
Posted by: scampydog I was more like Willy the grounds keeper. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:13 AM (vzcgi) Posted by: Miklos gonna be much less RICH at January 15, 2026 02:14 AM (f/3mU) 381
Sorry about the tree damage, Debby! Ugh, insurance... You'd think something like that would be simple to process!
A large tree fell at Dad's house but thankfully didn't hit the house or garage. Just brushed & destroyed the gutter, so it will need to be replaced. I can do that. Tree service removed the fallen fir. Total cost was less than insurance deductible, so no claim. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm) Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 15, 2026 02:14 AM (RkOfE) 383
JQ, Miklos evidently needs a pitcher for the Chug-a-Mug.
I am going to finish my Chivas and toddle off to sleep. Sweet dreams Horde. Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 15, 2026 02:16 AM (0nHVk) 384
the blood clots created in the heart
Posted by: buddhaha at January 15, 2026 02:10 AM (lbb+E) Been there, done that. Have had a blood clot in the heart and a blood clot in the lung, along with multiple clots in the right leg. Heparin to the rescue. Posted by: RickZ at January 15, 2026 02:17 AM (gKDq2) 385
I was more like Willy the grounds keeper. Posted by: Sock Monkey Sock Monkey is found......NOT GUILTY Posted by: Miklos was on the hury of the famous "Let's kill all the golfers" trial at January 15, 2026 02:17 AM (f/3mU) 386
What happened next? MY homeowners insurance jacked 80%. EIGHTY PERCENT.
Posted by: JQ 30 years a homeowner in the woods. High wildland fire risk. I don't have homeowners. I do have a 250 gallon tank that goes in the back of the F250, a 13 hp pump and 100 ft of 1 inch hose with a fire nozzle. I have 2 625 gallon water tanks by the house. I have access to a JD 6 cat and about 400 hours of experience on the fireline. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:20 AM (vzcgi) 387
Also Good Night for me too, lurking in the shadows
Beverly's comment #303 above describes my post-retirement feelings to a tee. Feeling adrift with no destination in mind..it will be two years in April. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 15, 2026 02:20 AM (QGaXH) 388
Sock Monkey, you're well prepared! That's awesome!
Me? I don't live anywhere near "the woods" and was royally pissed about that rate increase. W. T. F. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm) 389
The Indian motorcycle pic looks fake to me. Could be wrong. Fucking AI ruins everything.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2026 01:49 AM (rfn8n) No shit man. You can't trust anything anymore. I was doing a wiring harness today on a 1956 panhead. Its a restore, so I'm doing the harness from scratch with the old cloth covered wire and asphalt loom. I was searching for bikes with wiring pics to check my routing of one of the looms. I found one pic of a supposed survivor and I wasn't even sure I could trust it because one wire color was wrong. Normally before fucking AI I would say eh, its harley, probably ran out and used this this color instead. Now I had to really look to see if it wasn't some bullshit picture. I'm pretty sure it was legit because of a few little details I saw that AI wouldn't know, but the fact that I had to question it blows ass. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 02:28 AM (snZF9) 390
Me? I don't live anywhere near "the woods" and was royally pissed about that rate increase. W. T. F.
Posted by: JQ That's a product of the sprawl out into areas that are susceptible. I'm remembering some fires down in your area on the other side of the river from Hellsgate that burned a few houses. My cousin's house was burnt to the ground when they had the fires around Kamiah. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:37 AM (vzcgi) 391
I see some of these 29-year-olds on here having health problems. Make you a deal. I'll pray for alla y'all if y'all'll pray for me. And my old pal Tom.
Tom and I go back a lifetime, back to pre-school together. Indeed, his Mom and my Dad went to grade school together, so we go 'way 'way back. Tom survived throat cancer over half a century back, survived pretty well since, but lately has been having trouble swallowing. Just got a text today he's in the hospital and anticipating they'll be putting in a PEG tube Friday. https://w.wiki/HTk7 A reminder for those possibly past 29 someday: Psalm 90:10 KJV The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. https://youtu.be/lFamN-oXRMQ G'nite, y'all. Posted by: mindful webworker - a newt, but I got better at January 15, 2026 02:38 AM (FMpsC) 392
my buddy butchie (r.i.p.) had a brown minky's (ross) bicycle in early high school that he had painted "bad motor scooter" in white testor's modeling paint on the top tube.
i think i would've gone with thompson's vincent song, but i'm an honorary member of the voc. Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 02:38 AM (R11M+) 393
Sleep has been all over the map. Falling asleep in the Lazy Boy recliner, with Youtoob videos on autoplay; waking up at 5 am and pondering whether going back to bed counts as a nap.
I feel like I got off of a Hellship, but as it has gone hull-down over the horizon, and the voices on board are fainter and fainter, I'm adrift in a little sloop on the ocean, with no destination in mind.... Any thoughts? Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 01:07 AM (reMys) I have a recliner. I refuse to sit in it at any time other than night time, because it's a black hole. I had to sleep in it after I had surgery, which is why I got it in the first place. Its treacherous. You sit, you pass out, no matter the time. I pass out in it every night, although in the wee hours, and even when I wake up I'll think oooh this is nice, and if I don't get up immediately, forget it. Its a cursed object. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 02:40 AM (snZF9) 394
Sock Monkey-- yeah, the *other side* of the river-- a nice big fire-break of water!!! And Kamiah is over FIFTY MILES away.
Why TF must I reimburse the insurance co's loss on that shit? Didn't they charge THOSE homeowners enough in advance already? Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm) 395
Its a cursed object.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division *types on phone reclining on the Lazyboy* Yep Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:44 AM (vzcgi) 396
Oh, and very sorry about your cousin's house, Sock Monkey! Hope all were uninjured.
Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm) 397
Why TF must I reimburse the insurance co's loss on that shit? Didn't they charge THOSE homeowners enough in advance already?
Posted by: JQ Two most profitable industries in this country are big pharma and insurance. Also two of the biggest lobbies in the Beltway. Don't get me started. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:48 AM (vzcgi) 398
Two most profitable industries in this country are big pharma and insurance. Also two of the biggest lobbies in the Beltway. Don't get me started.
--------- Duuude... Right there with ya. So anyway-- Recliners RULE! They can be a way of life if you're not careful, hahaha. Posted by: JQ at January 15, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm) 399
pops said he drove a henderson (later ace, later indian) four into a tree when he went to buy it due to the longitudinal torque reaction. said nope, not for me.
Posted by: cmeat at January 15, 2026 02:51 AM (R11M+) 400
Oh, and very sorry about your cousin's house, Sock Monkey! Hope all were uninjured.
Posted by: JQ Nope. Other cousin, his brother, spent a week on one of his company's D9s fighting the fires. He had some respiratory issues afterwards but nothing permanent. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 02:52 AM (vzcgi) 401
Someone needs to put that Hapsburg guy in a curled wig, just to see how strong the family look still is.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 15, 2026 03:03 AM (C0Nlv) 402
Someone needs to put that Hapsburg guy in a curled wig, just to see how strong the family look still is.
Posted by: FeatherBlade Pretty sure it's inbred. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 03:08 AM (vzcgi) 403
Hmmm
* checks sofa cushion * Nobody here but me and the squirrels. * stands to attention * tiny.cc/nsox001 Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 03:31 AM (vzcgi) 404
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to Greenland To fight the horde and sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:37 AM (A32KF) 405
A third of Greenlanders are on public assistance.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:47 AM (A32KF) 406
I have way too many April Wine albums
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0) 407
A third of Greenlanders are on public assistance.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2026 03:47 AM (A32KF) I would imagine there isn't jack shit to do there. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 15, 2026 03:50 AM (snZF9) 408
PIXY TIME
Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0) 409
402 Someone needs to put that Hapsburg guy in a curled wig, just to see how strong the family look still is.
Posted by: FeatherBlade Pretty sure it's inbred. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 15, 2026 03:08 AM (vzcgi) **** Ruprecht . . . . No! * *said in best Michael Caine voice Posted by: Publius Redux at January 15, 2026 04:06 AM (Gu66x) 410
Beverly and others in retirement,
form something that you have always wanted to accomplish, a hobby, a community volunteer, church, HOA dictator-something you will have to dedicate time to complete on-going Posted by: paulnjax at January 15, 2026 08:17 AM (PPnyU) 411
By dedicating 2 hours daily to this online job, I brought in $16,453 last month. It’s incredibly simple to start and doesn’t require any specific skills, making it perfect for anyone. For a student like me, this has been the ultimate solution to balancing my studies and finances…
For More… https://light2w0rk887.blogspot.com/ Posted by: HOME PROFIT at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (+f+s1) Rhino Field Goal Cafe![]() Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland Dirty dogs. Two dogs have their own podcast. Here, they talk about dogs' amazing powers of smell. This better not be AI. Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy? Same vibes. Dog discovers his genetic heritage. Duncanthrax's nightmare. Cat's got a motivational swat on the ass for everybody. I need this level of focus and energy. Golden retriever rocks the baby. The Floating Cat illusion. I didn't get it. Scroll over and select the next inch of text for the explanation: He's in an empty bath tub.
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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0) 2
Howdoo
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (xVja5) 3
Was Spectre before Spooky?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (A32KF) Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (fWAMy) 5
Why do they call the U-2 a spy plane? Because it's in da skies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (L/fGl) 6
Was Spectre before Spooky?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (A32KF) I've heard both. I like Spectre. Darker. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (0aYVJ) 7
Wonder if The Dogbone Podcast is on Spotify
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0) 8
Thank you Ace for every day!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (Mt/k/) Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (zYpTz) 10
willowed -
>>> 240 New leftist defense of Good just dropped: the agent was wearing body armor, which will protect him from being hit by a car, so he's pretending to be hurt. I am not making this up. Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (wItF4) Ok. Let's issue body armor to the "peaceful protestors" and then we can run them over at will. They'll be fine, right? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (ULPxl) 11
Buenos nachos.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (kNpNa) 12
Why do they call the U-2 a spy plane? Because it's in da skies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (L/fGl) Dragon Lady. Also the TR-1. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (fWAMy) 13
>>> 11 Buenos nachos.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 07:34 PM (kNpNa) Nachos? Where??? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (Jxa0O) Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (g47mK) Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (g47mK) 17
MOAR!!!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:36 PM (g47mK) 18
Does Eilean Donan Castle have huge . . . tracts of land?
Posted by: King of Swamp Castle at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (wVcYX) 19
I see why they called that castle "Eilean". It appears to be out of plumb.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (8zz6B) 20
Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF) 21
Those dogs become one with Mudder nature.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (Mt/k/) 22
Duncanthrax's nightmare.
Aiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Imagine being trapped behind it. The smell ... the smell. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1) 23
I see why they called that castle "Eilean". It appears to be out of plumb.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (8zz6B) If it were a Shinto Shrine, it would be Iran. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (fWAMy) 24
Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF) --- Eh. If it falls down into the swamp, they'll just build another one on top of it. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (ESVrU) 25
Betsy is living her best life and I'd go out of my way to say hi to her and those muddy dogs are having a blast but I wouldn't want to clean them.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 07:40 PM (xJGPn) 26
Come on Eileen~
Posted by: Dexy's Midnight Runners at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (mlg/3) 27
If it were a Shinto Shrine, it would be Iran. Posted by: Diogenes at January Stoopid phone. Irean. Irean!!! Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 07:42 PM (fWAMy) 28
You met a man on the Oregon Trail.
His name is Terry. You laugh and tell him "That's a girl name!" Terry shoots you. You have died of dissin' Terry. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 07:42 PM (krQz2) 29
Mig 29s?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:42 PM (A32KF) 30
Ok. Let's issue body armor to the "peaceful protestors" and then we can run them over at will. They'll be fine, right?
- I have a better idea. Trump's HHS needs to issue a statement that bullet proof vests will not protect you from being hit by a car. And let Tik Tok run its course. Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 07:44 PM (vSvIl) 31
Germany's move to resurrect the dreaded "Fallschirmpinguinkorps" to invade Greenland has sparked a new controversy over use of biological warfare. These foul-flippered fowl from the sky will leave a trail of destruction unequaled by any other seabird, and are specifically barred by the Geneva Convention because of the inhuman torture inflicted by their mere presence.
The people of Greenland will soon be begging President Donald J Trump for relief from the malodorous mephitic marauders. This may prove to be yet another huge mistake on the part of the Germans. Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 14, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F) 32
Wait. These people have watched too many movies.
They think body armor protects against blunt force trauma? I remember... a demolition ranch video where he had a plate from a new company that said it could stop a .50 bmg armor piercing. Iirc, the plate did stop one round but also ruptured the organs of the test dummy slightly. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s) 33
Rhinonan?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (A32KF) 34
The people of Greenland will soon be begging President Donald J Trump for relief from the malodorous mephitic marauders.
Posted by: Penguin Facts I saw Malodorous Mephitic Marauders open for Noxious Necrotic Nomads at the Garden back in the old days. Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (cYBz/) 35
Finished printing all of James Bond 3D posters.
The posters span the Connery, Lazenby and Moore eras. The Dalton, Brosnan and Craig Errors are yet to come. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:47 PM (XV/Pl) 36
Let the Germans go there, spend the rest of winter and do nothing
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0) 37
259 152 Video of the latest ramming.
https://is.gd/x6YfyI Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, --- There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned. They are going to do it again. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:48 PM (y79kU) 38
a bunch of lefty jihadists using cars to kill, bastards
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (g47mK) 39
Are we bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (cWNll) 40
How is the German Army at fighting on Hoth?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (A32KF) 41
Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF) Can we get Detective Becket's opinion on that? Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 07:50 PM (mP0Kj) 42
Are we bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (cWNll) On it! Posted by: Zombie Brothers Brian, Dennis, & Carl Wilson at January 14, 2026 07:50 PM (wVcYX) 43
Is Castle crooked?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (A32KF) Can we get Detective Becket's opinion on that? Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 07:50 PM (mP0Kj) Huh. I liked that show. Then it got weird. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (zZu0s) 44
Wait. These people have watched too many movies.
They think body armor protects against blunt force trauma? - Not movies, video games, maybe D&D. Improving the armor stat makes damage less likely or lower magnitude from all sources. Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (vSvIl) 45
a bunch of lefty jihadists using cars to kill, bastards
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (g47mK) --- Nope in Wisconsin, the SUV drove over all those people out on the street. He was just the passenger. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (krQz2) 46
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 07:53 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 07:53 PM (2L+MU) Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 07:53 PM (6LzyB) Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 07:54 PM (Y8DZL) Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:54 PM (g47mK) 51
"the plate did stop one round but also ruptured the organs of the test dummy slightly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone " It would certainly knock you down. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:54 PM (vFG9F) 52
>>It would certainly knock you down.
It would break your bones / spine. I have seen .338 Lapua split an elk spine clear up through the skull. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 07:57 PM (ZcsJV) 53
I've been to that castle. Honestly, they all start looking alike after a while.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 07:57 PM (3uBP9) 54
31 Germany's move to resurrect the dreaded "Fallschirmpinguinkorps" to invade Greenland has sparked a new controversy over use of biological warfare. - Penguin Facts
Wie lächerlich! Er, I mean, how ridiculous. Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 07:57 PM (2L+MU) 55
a bunch of lefty jihadists using cars to kill, bastards
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 07:49 PM (g47mK) --- Nope in Wisconsin, the SUV drove over all those people out on the street. He was just the passenger. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 07:51 PM (krQz2) That's what I was saying! Posted by: Shirtless Darrell Brooks at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (wVcYX) 56
I suppose body armor might stop a cannonball from going thru you too.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F) 57
>>> There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned.
They are going to do it again. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:48 PM (y79kU) Some things can only be learned effectively through attrition. Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (3uBP9) 58
Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?
No, but I remember multiple Looney Tunes where that happened to Sylvester. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 07:59 PM (soUkD) Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:00 PM (ZcsJV) 60
I got the floating cat immediately because I have cats.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:00 PM (KDPiq) 61
OT, but it might be ti.e for Geico to take that AJ Brown commercial out of the rotation.
Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 08:01 PM (DEw/K) 62
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 14, 2026 08:01 PM (SRRAx) Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F) 64
How come Barack Obongo and his pay master Valerie The Ferret are so quiet lately?
Shouldn't they be Iran trying to stop the bloodshed? Hope and Change Baby! Posted by: Idiot Obama Voter at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (R/m4+) 65
Read ghis morning the ICE agent who was hit by Renee had internal injuries
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0) 66
Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?
That was Looney Tunes. The original Masters of Disaster. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (kNpNa) 67
"time."
Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (DEw/K) 68
I got the floating cat immediately because I have cats.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:00 PM (KDPiq) one of mine even sleeps in a tub. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:03 PM (8avO+) 69
62 Zdravstyuy (“Hi,” in Russian), Teresa!
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:03 PM (77rzZ) 70
Yeah, I don't think it would stop a cannon ball. Or as garrett said, it would not matter if it did not 'penetrate' the vest because it would penetrate you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s) 71
I’m still shaking my head over the NYT claiming that Trump and Hegseth committed a war crime by using a plane that looked like a civilian aircraft to attack the drug boats.
Specifically they complained that we used an aircraft that looked like a 737 - because they don’t know that the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon is built on a 737 airframe. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:04 PM (xVja5) 72
>>> I suppose body armor might stop a cannonball from going thru you too.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F) At some point the transfer of the momentum, with high enough mass and velocity, no matter how well distributed on the target with perfect body armor, will kill just by sudden impulse of the target. The only ways to protect against that is to greatly expand the time range of transference, like with a giant loonytoon bouncy spring or redirect the projectile in a way that imparts a small fraction of the momentum to the target. Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (3uBP9) Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (2NXkw) 74
Some things can only be learned effectively through attrition.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 07:58 PM (3uBP9) --- This is key. The media can only sustain the Current Thing for so long before it becomes boring and the new Current Thing comes along. Trump is the master of this. Ignore polling and the fake "Guys, I talked to MAGA guys who now think unlimited immigration is okay!" garbage. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s) 75
66 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?
That was Looney Tunes. The original Masters of Disaster. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (kNpNa) Jerry was a dick. I always rooted for Tom. Posted by: Just trying to do his job, man! at January 14, 2026 08:06 PM (TbWk/) 76
57 Some things can only be learned effectively through attrition. - banana dream
M'yes. Lots and lots of attrition, most likely. Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 08:07 PM (2L+MU) 77
Leopard seals. Don't leave home without one.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1) 78
"You would be pudding.
Posted by: garrett" The results would probably be carried for some ways. Posted by: fd This where conservation of momentum comes into play - Weight of man at rest + weight of cannonball x speed1 (say 1000 fps) = man + cannonball going downrange at say 900 fps... But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (/lPRQ) 79
>>> 71 I’m still shaking my head over the NYT claiming that Trump and Hegseth committed a war crime by using a plane that looked like a civilian aircraft to attack the drug boats.
Specifically they complained that we used an aircraft that looked like a 737 - because they don’t know that the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon is built on a 737 airframe. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:04 PM (xVja5) They are shit-flinging chimps hoping a turd will stick to the wall. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (ULPxl) 80
73 Toora, loora, toora, loo-rye-aye
Eileen, I'll hum this tune forever Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM Musically, that was a great tune. But the story and the picture was sketchy to say the least. By the way, have you seen those people today? Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg) 81
At some point the transfer of the momentum, with high enough mass and velocity, no matter how well distributed on the target with perfect body armor, will kill just by sudden impulse of the target. The only ways to protect against that is to greatly expand the time range of transference, like with a giant loonytoon bouncy spring or redirect the projectile in a way that imparts a small fraction of the momentum to the target.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 14, 2026 08:05 PM (3uBP9) --- During the Battle of Mobile Bay, the Confederate ironclad (the Tennessee, I think) took so many hits that the doors to the gunports jammed shut (you closed them after each shot for obvious reasons). Two crewmen tried to jimmy them open and a shot hit the doors as they were pressed up against it. The doors held against the shot, but both men were killed instantly and their remains were shoveled into a bucket. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s) 82
Some great swing music in some of those old Tom and Jerry cartoons from the 1940s. I remember one, especially, featuring Tom and his homemade zoot suit.
Solid, Jackson! Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (2L+MU) 83
Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: Tom at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1) 85
No way in hell has Trump heard the killing has stopped.
He's being tactful and waiting for assets to be in place. You don't tell the people of Iran "Help is on the way!" only to say "all good yo.." I hope Posted by: melodicmetal1 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (XLfSN) 86
Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?
That was Looney Tunes. The original Masters of Disaster. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 08:02 PM (kNpNa) Jerry was a dick. I always rooted for Tom. Posted by: Just trying to do his job, man! at January 14, 2026 08:06 PM (TbWk/) I think in Tom and Jerry there was a cartoon where Jerry had a super strong relative come to visit. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (8avO+) 87
USE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u/kd+) 88
The Tom and Jerry’s I liked best don’t get shown much; those are the ones where you see Mammy’s feet in slippers chasing Tom around with a broom.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (xVja5) 89
UAE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u/kd+) 90
Leopard seals. Don't leave home without one.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1) Females reach lengths of up to 3.8 meters (12.5 feet) and weigh over 500 kg (1,100 lbs). Their slender, sensuous bodies and large front flippers . . . Large front flippers! It's a flipper thread! Posted by: Male Leopard Seals at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (wVcYX) 91
This where conservation of momentum comes into play -
Weight of man at rest + weight of cannonball x speed1 (say 1000 fps) = man + cannonball going downrange at say 900 fps... But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:08 PM (/lPRQ) --- Cannonball rolling along the ground and stupid soldier casually puts a foot out to stop it, like was a rubber ball - loses lower leg. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (ZOv7s) 92
"But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher " Yes, but would the cannonball go THRU the body armor? Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F) 93
77 Leopard seals. Don't leave home without one. - Duncanthrax
I think you need a concealed carry permit for that. Or do you open carry? That must excite comment down at the office. Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (2L+MU) 94
USE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 Do expect stealth fighters to put on a pole dance or something? Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (mlg/3) 95
rickb223, the others have turned their transponders off.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (0KSrI) 96
>>> 85 No way in hell has Trump heard the killing has stopped.
He's being tactful and waiting for assets to be in place. You don't tell the people of Iran "Help is on the way!" only to say "all good yo.." I hope Posted by: melodicmetal1 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (XLfSN) "Nice doggie!" *gets ready to swing big stick* Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (ULPxl) 97
Is it gray on the ground?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (A32KF) 98
>> Two crewmen tried to jimmy them open and a shot hit the doors as they were pressed up against it. The doors held against the shot, but both men were killed instantly and their remains were shoveled into a bucket.
Yep. Pudding. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZcsJV) 99
The doors held against the shot, but both men were killed instantly and their remains were shoveled into a bucket.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Ka-BONNNG !!! Hey, where Billy and Bubba go?! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (/lPRQ) 100
Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F) -- "City on the Edge of Forever"? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ESVrU) 101
My favorite Tom and Jerry episode was when they flooded the kitchen and opened the freezer and made it into an ice rink. As a little kid I thought that might be possible . I'm glad I had a few doubts or I would have been in huge trouble.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (KDPiq) 102
Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F) --- They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s) 103
Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy? Sylvester and Hippety Hopper https://t.ly/M6AOr Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 08:13 PM (pkeXY) 104
>>> 102 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F) --- They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:13 PM (ULPxl) 105
"But the forces of near instant acceleration would leave most man bits going laterally outward.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher " Yes, but would the cannonball go THRU the body armor? Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (vFG9F) Probably. But even if it did not the forces would pass through the material and play havoc with the body behind. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (8avO+) 106
Ka-BONNNG !!!
Hey, where Billy and Bubba go?! Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (/lPRQ) --- Get me a mop! Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s) 107
100 Joan Collins at her hottest…mmmmmm…
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ) 108
0 knots.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (A32KF) 109
rickb223, the others have turned their transponders off.
Posted by: Ben Had Earlier, I was able to catch a refueling tanker up. All the go fasts have their stuff off. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (u/kd+) 110
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it Relax, don't do it When you want to...come on Eileen Posted by: Richard Cheese at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (r8wm1) 111
UAE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 PM (u/kd+) The only one squawking on a civilian frequency... Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (/HDaX) 112
I am really liking this new Saint Tropez Orchestra LP.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (ZcsJV) 113
"They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd" LOL. Comment of the week material there. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F) 114
Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 Do expect stealth fighters to put on a pole dance or something? Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:11 PM (mlg/3) It would be unexy, that's for sure Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (s7c5F) 115
They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus encourages her to protest deportations.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 08:13 PM (ULPxl) *enter Bearded Spock* "Mr. Kyle, your agonizer, please." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (ZOv7s) 116
USE Boeing C-17 Globe master only military aircraft showing over Iran right now.
Posted by: rickb223 Probably just dropping some MREs out to our Green Beanies... Weapons, ammo, RPGs, explosives, radios.... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (/lPRQ) 117
100 in, so. That Nick Shirley guy reminds me a bit of Charley Kirk.
Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (LHPAg) 118
Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F) *sniffs* I love a story with a happy ending. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (2WIwB) 119
Open the whole can of Whup-Ass!!
Posted by: Sailor, Uncommon Valor at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (wVcYX) 120
"Probably. But even if it did not the forces would pass through the material and play havoc with the body behind.
Posted by: Oldcat" I'm thinking they would not find anything but the vest. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F) 121
113 "They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd" LOL. Comment of the week material there. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F) My name is Eddie Keeler. I use he/they/xhim pronouns. Posted by: EDITH IS MY DEADNAME, BIGOT! at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (TbWk/) 122
"City on the Edge of Forever"?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (ESVrU) --- Woke remake is "City on the Edge of Whatever." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s) 123
83 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they have to save their own butts by going back in time to make sure some bleeding heart liberal gets killed.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F) Harlan Ellison wrote that one. I remember before I was online, I had always thought that was one of the best TOS episodes of all, but I never heard people talk about it. Later when online polls became a thing, turned out that that one and Tribbles are regarded as the two best TOS episodes of all. (Balance of Terror is a close third) And amazing that with just one not so big part in one episode, Joan Collin’s became one of the most memorable guest stars that Original Trek ever had on. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (xVja5) 124
Past my bedtime
Everyone have a good night Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0) 125
You can get lower and see better.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (A32KF) 126
Still no better Star Trek episode than The Way to Eden.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (KDPiq) 127
Probably just dropping some MREs out to our Green Beanies...
Weapons, ammo, RPGs, explosives, radios.... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:15 PM (/lPRQ) --- It's the laser pointer to amuse what's left of Iran's air defense. "Follow the glowing dot!" Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s) 128
"Probably. But even if it did not the forces would pass through the material and play havoc with the body behind.
Posted by: Oldcat" I'm thinking they would not find anything but the vest. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F) --- I vaguely remember a Looney Toons episode with Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck where Daffy is wearing "disintegration proof" armor. Marvin shoots Daffy with a disintegration ray and the armor is the only thing that remains. Daffy turns into a pile of dust (temporarily, of course). Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (ESVrU) 129
You know what I love about Iranians/Persian? the next level sense of humor. that is totally lacking in arabs.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (g47mK) 130
"They should so a remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd" LOL. Comment of the week material there. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F) My name is Eddie Keeler. I use he/they/xhim pronouns. Played by Ellen Page of course Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (2GVsD) 131
Still no better Star Trek episode than The Way to Eden.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (KDPiq) You reach, brother! Posted by: Adam at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (wVcYX) 132
I liked the Star Trek episode where the Tibblles went through Pon Farr.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ) 133
And amazing that with just one not so big part in one episode, Joan Collin’s became one of the most memorable guest stars that Original Trek ever had on.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (xVja5) --- Because she was hot. They had lots of sultry chicks but she was something else. I mean, how old was she when "Dynasty" was on? Still turned heads. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s) 134
>>I vaguely remember a Looney Toons episode with Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck where Daffy is wearing "disintegration proof" armor. Marvin shoots Daffy with a disintegration ray and the armor is the only thing that remains. Daffy turns into a pile of dust (temporarily, of course).
Only thing left was his beak. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZcsJV) Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (KDPiq) 136
Here’s a new book you could buy.
JESUS MELTS ICE A Theological Response to the Martyrdom of Renee Nicole Good for the Undocumented Immigrant By: Jeff Hood Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (L/fGl) 137
Eager young space cadet Porky Pig, "but but h ow ... h... ow do do you reintegrate a duck?"
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (2GVsD) 138
It is a good episode, even if Spock's tube operated computer device thingy built with stone knives and bearskins was a bit farfetched.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F) 139
You know what I love about Iranians/Persian? the next level sense of humor. that is totally lacking in arabs.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (g47mK) --- A very cultured, erudite, sophisticated people who got hijacked by a bunch of low-rent goons thanks to Jimmy Carter. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (ZOv7s) 140
remake where the chick is ugly with blue hair and a nose ring, and Kirk pushes her in front of the bus.
That's more a Captain Malcolm Reynolds move. Posted by: the last thing you see will be my bla at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (gKWVE) 141
Joan Collins was Liz-Taylor adjacent. Stunning.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (77rzZ) 142
A very cultured, erudite, sophisticated people who got hijacked by a bunch of low-rent goons thanks to Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:21 PM (ZOv7s) I know, I know...soon! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (g47mK) 143
Still no better Star Trek episode than The Way to Eden.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (KDPiq) HERBERT! Posted by: Like groovy far out man at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (TbWk/) 144
The fall of the mullahs means Islam just took a huge nut punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (0KSrI) 145
I liked the Star Trek episode where the Tibblles went through Pon Farr.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ) --- "Amok Time" was great. The music alone is spectacular. Is there anything iconic as that fight music? "Bring thee, the lerpa!" Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:23 PM (ZOv7s) 146
Maybe the Mullahs can move in with Gaylord and Michelle.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD) 147
144 The fall of the mullahs means Islam just took a huge nut punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (0KSrI) And a Trump brand teabagging, one hopes. Posted by: Big beautiful teabags, the very best at January 14, 2026 08:24 PM (TbWk/) 148
144 The fall of the mullahs means Islam just took a huge nut punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM It's the only way, and the Persians deserve a civilized life. Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:24 PM (LHPAg) 149
I know, I know...soon!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:22 PM (g47mK) --- Think about it. The end of the Oil Wars. Hamas defunded. The Palis without sponsors, forced to face reality at last. And people could actually go to Iran. What an awesome historical tour they could put together! That joint would be flowing in cash. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD) 151
Joan Collins at 91 is better looking than the entire "Acadamy" cast. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (Y8DZL) 152
Think about it. The end of the Oil Wars. Hamas defunded. The Palis without sponsors, forced to face reality at last.
And people could actually go to Iran. What an awesome historical tour they could put together! That joint would be flowing in cash. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s) I am not crying! You're crying ! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (g47mK) 153
T'Pau, "Bring thee, the lerpa!"
Stonn, "but I wanna use the Ahnwoon!" Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD) --- Old Trek was so good. "I think you will find that having is not the same as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s) 154
They are probably paying Holly Hunter the entire SFX budget just to put up with the garbage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD) 155
Tousi has said when the regime falls he' s going to open a bar and grill that serves BBQ.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (0KSrI) 156
Christy Brinkley still rocking at 71.
And Martha Stewart was okay when young but she aged better than all her peers. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (KDPiq) 157
Harlan Ellison wrote that one. I remember before I was online, I had always thought that was one of the best TOS episodes of all, but I never heard people talk about it.
Fun fact: Harlan wrote the screenplay, with a scene were the Enterprise guys arrive on the planet and everything is covered in runes (ancient Viking writing.) When it was filmed, the sets had the planet covered in ruins. Well, I thought it was a knee-slapper. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (PH3st) 158
I am not crying! You're crying !
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (g47mK) --- US Navy recruiting would go through the roof at the prospect of port calls to see the stunning Persian girls with their hair down. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s) 159
--- Because she was hot. They had lots of sultry chicks but she was something else. I mean, how old was she when "Dynasty" was on? Still turned heads. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s) Yep, she was the kind of woman that for most of us, if we were standing in front of her at her prime, we could only say “hamina hamina hamina…” Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (xVja5) 160
150 T'Pau, "Bring thee, the lerpa!"
Stonn, "but I wanna use the Ahnwoon!" Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:25 PM That's silly. You grandfather neutered himself with that thing. Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (LHPAg) 161
US Navy recruiting would go through the roof at the prospect of port calls to see the stunning Persian girls with their hair down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s) Join the navy, see the world! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (g47mK) 162
They are probably paying Holly Hunter the entire SFX budget just to put up with the garbage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD) --- Why is she wearing BCGs and carrying marbles in her mouth? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s) 163
There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD) 164
> And Martha Stewart was okay when young but she aged better than all her peers.
---------- At my age... the most "bangable of the babes" from that era. Probably not sayin much. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 08:29 PM (NwnyJ) 165
The City on The Edge of Tomorrow was pretty good despite being written by the King of Asshole Writers.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:30 PM (mlg/3) 166
US Navy recruiting would go through the roof at the prospect of port calls to see the stunning Persian girls with their hair down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s) They need to redeem themselves from the Obama Navy. ( thinking of our last Navy contact with Iran) Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (KDPiq) 167
Yep, she was the kind of woman that for most of us, if we were standing in front of her at her prime, we could only say “hamina hamina hamina…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (xVja5) --- Just a delight to watch. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (ZOv7s) 168
And a Trump brand teabagging, one hopes.
Posted by: Big beautiful teabags If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (u/kd+) 169
"King of Asshole Writers"
Let me guess... Ellison? you might mean City on the Edge of Forever. that reminds me, I never did get to play "I Have No Mouth And I Must Eat Ice Cream" Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (gKWVE) 170
Just imagine if the Space Hippies had gone through the Guardian and wound up in Imperial Rome.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD) 171
Ellison's original script for "City" had a drug addict go through and screw things up. Gene and his vision of utopia rewrote so it was Bones instead.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD) 172
And people could actually go to Iran. What an awesome historical tour they could put together! That joint would be flowing in cash.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Goldie Ghamari said on her podcast that Iran should give Trump Khomeni's mausoleum and let him turn it into a casino and Trump Tower. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (u/kd+) 173
Think about it. The end of the Oil Wars. Hamas defunded. The Palis without sponsors, forced to face reality at last.
------ Only time will tell. It is going to be a while, perhaps a great while before things stablize. We should not kid ourselves about the ability of the Russians, Chinese, and even bit players, to do things that have consequences for us. Posted by: MSM at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XeU6L) 174
If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (u/kd+) --- Don Jr. would be all over that. "Send them to your liberal friends!" "A classy mixture of pumpkin spice and lemon, specifically designed for bitter woke white chicks." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s) 175
Join the navy, see the world!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (g47mK) Yeah. Thru a porthole. Let's face it, no kid ever said "Let's play Navy!" Evah. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD) 177
Just imagine if the Space Hippies had gone through the Guardian and wound up in Imperial Rome.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD) Now I'm imagining that the Space Hippies went through a StarGate and landed on Gilligan's Island. Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (wVcYX) 178
Fun fact: Harlan wrote the screenplay, with a scene were the Enterprise guys arrive on the planet and everything is covered in runes (ancient Viking writing.)
When it was filmed, the sets had the planet covered in ruins. Well, I thought it was a knee-slapper. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 08:27 PM (PH3st) lol that reminds of the movie “Enemy Mine” with Dennis Quaid and Lou Gosset Jr. After they thought filming was finished they showed it to the studio execs; but they said “where’s the mine?” Director and writer said “no that’s a literary phrase” but the execs said “No, you gotta put a mine in it or you’ll confuse people.” (Only people as dumb as them) So the climax of the film became a big fight in an enemy mine. The execs insisted. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (xVja5) 179
Goldie Ghamari said on her podcast that Iran should give Trump Khomeni's mausoleum and let him turn it into a casino and Trump Tower.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (u/kd+) I hope that is the second thing that goes up in flames, after Ayatollah's bunker. Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (g47mK) 180
>>If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.
Energy Drink : Liberal Tears Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (ZcsJV) 181
Poor rhino seems to have the Oprah Fat Gene. Too Bad.
Posted by: Mike Rotundo at January 14, 2026 08:35 PM (oftw2) 182
Only time will tell. It is going to be a while, perhaps a great while before things stablize. We should not kid ourselves about the ability of the Russians, Chinese, and even bit players, to do things that have consequences for us.
Posted by: MSM at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (XeU6L) --- Chinese social media is circulating DIY weapon designs for overthrowing the CCP. Compound bows and crossbows made from wood, pipe and using various elastic and spring component to achieve lethal velocity. Things may get spicy there next. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s) 183
Let me guess... Ellison? you might mean City on the Edge of Forever.
Posted by: gKWVE He doesn't deserve any kind of accuracy. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (mlg/3) 184
They need to redeem themselves from the Obama Navy. ( thinking of our last Navy contact with Iran)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM They all surrendered. No at Michael Stethem among them. 'Steadfast and Courageous'. Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg) 185
China invented the semi-auto crossbow.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD) 186
Anything definative?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (A32KF) 187
There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD) Even bald she was stupid hot. But I don't think she was Iranian. Posted by: Persis persistence pays at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (TbWk/) 188
And a Trump brand teabagging, one hopes.
Posted by: Big beautiful teabags If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (u/kd+) *** Thinks about sending Patti Murray a teabag. *shudders* *throws up* Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2WIwB) 189
I think the Shah was deposed because he became paranoid about the commies and mullahs trying to get him. He wasn't wrong but saw a mullah behind every rock and became brutal and he lost all support.
My point is the next leader can't repeat that mistake. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (KDPiq) 190
What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE) 191
Yeah.
Thru a porthole. Let's face it, no kid ever said "Let's play Navy!" Evah. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2WIwB) --- Um. Posted by: Harvey Milk to teenage boys at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD) 193
There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD) Even bald she was stupid hot. But I don't think she was Iranian. Posted by: Persis persistence pays at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (TbWk/) Indian (dot) Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (8avO+) 194
Goldie is reading a statement from Reza Pahlavi right now about how the new Iran will be. Farewell to nukes Recognize Israel Extend Abraham accords Provide oil to the free world and more Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (x4Mz/) 195
China invented the semi-auto crossbow.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD) --- Don't I know it! They had something along those lines. Even the compound weapons were not Western designs. Fascinating stuff. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s) 196
The guy with the lute?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (A32KF) 197
Energy Drink : Liberal Tears
Posted by: garrett Rob Schneider has a whiskey company called that. $99 a bottle. Supposed to be good. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:39 PM (u/kd+) 198
163 There has to be another Persis Khambata in Iran.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD) Just tell her not to cut her damn hair off! I don’t want to fantasize about Yul Brynner! Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:40 PM (xVja5) 199
Persis Khambata was Indian, and born in Mumbai Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:40 PM (xG4kz) 200
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Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (LHPAg) 201
Persis was born in Bombay.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD) --- "Parsees" are exiled Iranian Zoroastrians, so should be be Persian. There is a community in India. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s) 202
Pray for the brave young people in our military tonight. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (Y8DZL) 203
Yeah.
Thru a porthole. Let's face it, no kid ever said "Let's play Navy!" Evah. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:34 PM (2WIwB) --- Um. Posted by: Harvey Milk to teenage boys at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s) *** A big difference between "Arrgghh! Ahoy!" And "Arrgghh! A boy!" Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (wVcYX) 205
Goldie is reading a statement from Reza Pahlavi right now about how the new Iran will be.
Farewell to nukes Recognize Israel Extend Abraham accords Provide oil to the free world and more Posted by: Blonde Morticia Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela? Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (u/kd+) 206
Chinese social media is circulating DIY weapon designs for overthrowing the CCP. Compound bows and crossbows made from wood, pipe and using various elastic and spring component to achieve lethal velocity.”
Damned clever, those Chinese. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (xVja5) 207
Just imagine if the Space Hippies had gone through the Guardian and wound up in Imperial Rome.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD) ==== I don't think that's a good idea. Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (RIvkX) 208
I think the Shah was deposed because he became paranoid about the commies and mullahs trying to get him. He wasn't wrong but saw a mullah behind every rock and became brutal and he lost all support.
My point is the next leader can't repeat that mistake. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (KDPiq) --- Jimmeh was determined to find the Iranian """moderates""" and found the Shah distasteful. He was big on that - pissing on our allies for not being perfect so that the Commies toppled them. Total wanker. Soviets invade Afghanistan and we...boycott the Olympics. Total pussy. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s) 209
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Pray for the brave young people in our military tonight. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:41 PM ( And also the Persians, who long for freedom and civilization. Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (fd80v) 211
If Trump doesn't start a tea company after he gets out of office, he will have missed a HUGE opportunity.
Posted by: rickb223 Didja see this treason? Autism Capital @AutismCapital RFK JR: "The interesting thing about the President is that he eats really bad food like McDonald's and drinks Diet Coke all the time. He has the constitution of a deity. I don't know how he's alive." Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (L/fGl) 212
Is the architect of "Let's facilitate Iran going nuclear" sitting in Kalorama and sucking his thumb these days? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (xG4kz) 213
Whoops, not "should be a Persian" but "she could" that got jacked up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s) 214
Got to wondering about the Axe and Knife Girl a/k/a Lola of Dundee, who went viral last Summer.
Hard to search on: not only is there a lot of unverifiable information, iI keep getting info on Crocodile Dundee. https://youtu.be/BN7_OJEvDMM Posted by: mindful webworker - world full of heroes and villains at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (FMpsC) 215
Is the architect of "Let's facilitate Iran going nuclear" sitting in Kalorama and sucking his thumb these days?
He's sucking something... Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD) 216
What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE) he was an idea guy not a character guy or an action guy. A guy named Cordwainer Smith did it earlier and a lot better. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (8avO+) 217
Iranian oil & Venezuelan oil = $.75 cent gas.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (u/kd+) 218
Damned clever, those Chinese.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (xVja5) Ahhh. You s'prize i sleek your ranguage! I study tree year, Oo See Rell Aay! Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (2WIwB) 219
What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE He was a consummate asshole whose talent barely outstripped his douchebag nature. There's probably 12 or so vids on Youscrewd about the stories by now. The guy sued Cameron because Ellison claimed a story of his about a time-traveling robot had the same plot as Terminator. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 08:45 PM (mlg/3) 220
Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela? Posted by: rickb223 ============= Iran. Venezuela still has to transition from that Delcy and the lingering chavistas. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 08:45 PM (x4Mz/) 221
Polymarket (via Cobracast) reported that Iran reopened its airspace, then reclosed it half an hour later.
So, they seem spooked. Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 08:45 PM (vSvIl) 222
We're always happy when Dinkelthrax gets bad press around here. His vile comments are noted and cataloged here at headquarters. His time will come.
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board. at January 14, 2026 08:46 PM (oftw2) 223
58 Remember that Tom and Jerry cartoon where a cat after a mouse but the "mouse" is actually a kangaroo and it beats his ass unholy?
No, but I remember multiple Looney Tunes where that happened to Sylvester. Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 07:59 PM (soUkD) Yes, vintage Warner Bros. Looney Tunes & Merry Melodies. Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 14, 2026 08:46 PM (DPRVO) 224
Polymarket (via Cobracast) reported that Iran reopened its airspace, then reclosed it half an hour later.
=== 🤣🤣🤣 Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:46 PM (g47mK) 225
Because she was hot. They had lots of sultry chicks but she was something else.
I mean, how old was she when "Dynasty" was on? Still turned heads. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:20 PM (ZOv7s) ===== Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period. Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX) 226
/square sock off
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (RIvkX) 227
he was an idea guy not a character guy or an action guy. A guy named Cordwainer Smith did it earlier and a lot better.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (8avO+) --- Paul "Cordwainer Smith" Linebarger literally wrote the book on psychological warfare. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ESVrU) 228
Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (u/kd+) --- Iran. Venezuela is an American protectorate and Trump will force the regime to distribute food and provide access to medicine, etc. He has them by the throat and they know it. China will go next because oil will be critically short with Iran offline and Venezuela out of reach. Hard to move troops around without gas. One of the China vids I watch is saying that rebel group names are being floated around, like "Provisional Republic" and stuff. There's a book that might be helpful. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s) 229
China invented the semi-auto crossbow.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD) They also invented cast iron and had Jesuits camped in Kowloon with a foundry, and still could never build a decent cannon until the 19th Century Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR) 230
Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.
Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX) --- Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s) 231
What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE) There was a documentary on Ellison on Amazon Prime, with interviews with him. Basically, he was born being mad at the world and stayed that way until the end. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (PH3st) 232
What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE) Harlan Ellison was many things, but "easy to get along with" was not one of them. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR) Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (wVcYX) 234
One of the China vids I watch is saying that rebel group names are being floated around, like "Provisional Republic" and stuff.
There's a book that might be helpful. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s) Fly them into Spain to start a Civil War? Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:50 PM (8avO+) 235
Cordwainer Smith wrote a lot of The Starlost tv show.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:51 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:51 PM (L/fGl) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (0aYVJ) 238
What was wrong with Ellison? Apart from the masturbatory robot sadism story (then, game) I noted.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE) Harlan Ellison was many things, but "easy to get along with" was not one of them. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR) ---- He always struck me as a guy who didn't much like other people. It was easy to get on his bad side and nearly impossible to get back on his good side when that happened. However, if you were able to get on his good side from the start, he was fiercely loyal in his friendship. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ESVrU) 239
Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s) ==== *opens airlock* Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (RIvkX) 240
RFK Jr says some really hilarious things, I’m glad he’s in the cabinet just for that alone. What he said today - now I don’t know if the claim is true, but the fact that RFK Jr said it in an interview with Katie Miller is true: “Some people have gotten some of Donald Trump’s medical records, and some tests are pretty unusual. But he has incredible health. Dr Oz looked at his medical report and said Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (xVja5) 241
They also invented cast iron and had Jesuits camped in Kowloon with a foundry, and still could never build a decent cannon until the 19th Century
Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR) --- They invented gunpowder, too. Their military tech in particular stagnated because the combination of Manchu horse archers and Han infantry was impossible for any of the neighbors to beat. So they got lazy. They were able to build Gewehr 88 rifles (using German tooling) by the 1890s. I have a Mauser 98k built in 1945 and it was so well made as to be parts compatible with German weapons. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ZOv7s) 242
RFK JR: "The interesting thing about the President is that he eats really bad food like McDonald's and drinks Diet Coke all the time. He has the constitution of a deity. I don't know how he's alive."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM (L/fGl) My only problem is that Trump could have any fast food joint and he chooses McDonald's. And he doesn't even get the best thing they have. The Filet O Fish. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (KDPiq) 243
Did they just close their airspace and nothing happened?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (A32KF) 244
Cordwainer Smith wrote a lot of The Starlost tv show.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:51 PM (RIvkX) Cordwainer Bird .. an alias for Harlan Ellison. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (8avO+) 245
Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:42 PM (u/kd+) Pres. Petro of Colombia is talking about reconstituting "Gran Colombia" and the rest of his government are all saying "hold up" since he probably wants to talk to Trump before getting distracted. (Personally I think the reconstituted Gran Colombia should be called "Newer Granada") Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (rbvCR) 246
Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.
Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX) --- Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s) And when we get behind closed doors Then she lets her hair hang down And she makes me glad that I'm a man Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk channeling his inner Charlie Rich at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (wVcYX) 247
our holy airspace is closed!
Posted by: Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, at January 14, 2026 08:53 PM (g47mK) 248
Another Karen shooting.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 08:54 PM (A32KF) 249
Fly them into Spain to start a Civil War?
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:50 PM (8avO+) --- No, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. Not the series, the big one. Dammit, WALLS OF MEN! Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:54 PM (ZOv7s) 250
Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (xVja5) ==== Just saw the clip on Fox 1 minute ago Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX) 251
Goldie is all giddy thinking it is going down tonight and is like phase one or something.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 08:55 PM (/lPRQ) 252
Kirk says Spock's looks are the result of a rice picker accident.
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 08:56 PM (Q+gd/) 253
Who blossoms first? Iran or Venezuela?
Posted by: rickb223 ============= Who's got the hotter babes? We need to do some research Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:56 PM (s7c5F) 254
Dr Oz looked at his medical report and said Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (xVja5) --- Melania rates this as "true." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s) 255
and, Terri Garr's mini-skirt was the hottest Star Trek guest star.
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 08:57 PM (Q+gd/) 256
🚨 BREAKING: VP JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote (51-50) to defeat the Senate's anti-Trump War Powers resolution on Venezuela. The measure failed.
Thanks, JD! Trump scores another win. 🇺🇸🔥 Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:57 PM (u/kd+) 257
My only problem is that Trump could have any fast food joint and he chooses McDonald's. And he doesn't even get the best thing they have. The Filet O Fish.
Posted by: Opinion fact Well he does get the employee discount Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:58 PM (s7c5F) 258
I hope the Iranian patriots don't give up this time. It's like an arm wrestling match where both guys haven't moved the other. You have to have the mindset that the other guy is going to give up any second so you just need to hold on.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 08:58 PM (KDPiq) 259
257 My only problem is that Trump could have any fast food joint and he chooses McDonald's. And he doesn't even get the best thing they have. The Filet O Fish.
Posted by: Opinion fact Well he does get the employee discount Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 08:58 PM (s7c5F) and the free senior cofeefe refill. Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (Q+gd/) 260
As far as SF authors I'd ever wanted to meet, or not, I'm glad I never met Marion Zimmer Bradley when I was a kid.
Ellison might have told me to fuck myself, but MZB and Breen . . . Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (gKWVE) 261
Yeoman Barrows was hottest OG series lady.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (zZu0s) 262
Dr Oz looked at his medical report and said Trump has the highest testosterone level he’s ever seen in an individual over 70 years old", adding, "I know the President will be happy that I repeat that."
Posted by: Tom Servo Melania rates this as "true." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Melania's the cause of 75% of it. Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (nhCoE) 263
227 he was an idea guy not a character guy or an action guy. A guy named Cordwainer Smith did it earlier and a lot better.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 08:44 PM (8avO+) --- Paul "Cordwainer Smith" Linebarger literally wrote the book on psychological warfare. A.E. Van Vogt wrote some good Psywar novels too. _The_Angry_Man_ was a good nvel about psywar & brainwashing. (I might be misremembering the title, but it was something like that.) Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 14, 2026 09:00 PM (DPRVO) 264
Thanks, JD! Trump scores another win. 🇺🇸🔥
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:57 PM (u/kd+) Wait I thought everyone was saying Vance was in Tuckers back pocket and was influencing Trump. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s) 265
Melania's the cause of 75% of it.
Posted by: mikeski at January 14, 2026 08:59 PM (nhCoE) --- I rate that as true. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s) 266
Hannity is reporting another "ICE involved" shooting in Minneapolis. No details.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 09:02 PM (pkeXY) 267
Cordwainer Smith and The Instrumentality of Man was top notch Science Fiction.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:03 PM (u82oZ) 268
Yeoman. Janice. Rand. Period.
Posted by: Herbert at January 14, 2026 08:47 PM (RIvkX) --- Nah, the bowl of spaghetti she wore on her head was not attractive at all. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZOv7s) She has hair? (Zoom to 500%) https://tinyurl.com/3b4894k2 Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (wVcYX) 269
To all those counting the chickens for Iran:
Remember the words of Mr. Wolfe. WLNBSEODQY Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 14, 2026 08:43 PM Close. WLNSSEODQY Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (0sNs1) 270
Can't we just lay siege to Minnesota?
Posted by: Josephistan at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (s7c5F) Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:05 PM (KDPiq) 272
Where are you getting the Iranian airspace data?
I’ll bet an F 22 pilot has his transponder set to C 17 to lure the MiG 29’s in. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:05 PM (u82oZ) 273
He always struck me as a guy who didn't much like other people. It was easy to get on his bad side and nearly impossible to get back on his good side when that happened.
However, if you were able to get on his good side from the start, he was fiercely loyal in his friendship. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ESVrU) There was one poster on a site way-back-when who was quite proud that Ellison chewed him out online and threatened nail his head to his coffee table. Which being the sort of site that it was, made the rest comments along the lines of, "wow, how did he know you had a coffee table?" Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR) 274
Shameless self-promotion aside, I'm getting a sense that the wheel of the dynastic cycle is about to turn again. The CCP has really screwed things up. They had a great thing going, but between the one child policy and then constantly pissing on the rest of the world to the point where Trump became possible, they've thrown away all their best cards.
Their industrial buildup is marred by indifferent quality control. You never know what you're going to get and there are rumors that there are two grades of equipment - those used for testing and QC, and the shitty stuff they give to the troops. And classic Chinese miscalculation - they're spending like crazy building aircraft carriers they don't need while their people are going hungry and getting sick. No housing, rampant unemployment NO SAFETY NET, and so yeah, people are getting pissed. Xi lost major face over Maduro, and now the oil supply is going to hell. Maybe some bright-eyed general who hasn't been purged yet tries to beat him to the punch? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s) 275
I’ll bet an F 22 pilot has his transponder set to C 17 to lure the MiG 29’s in.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:05 PM (u82oZ) --- I hope they don't cluster-bomb the F-14s. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s) 276
I'm sure the Chinese also didn't like being welded shut in their homes when COVID was happening.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM (KDPiq) 277
Xi lost major face over Maduro, and now the oil supply is going to hell. Maybe some bright-eyed general who hasn't been purged yet tries to beat him to the punch?
== No. But their priorities will change drastically. Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:10 PM (g47mK) 278
I'm sure the Chinese also didn't like being welded shut in their homes when COVID was happening.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM (KDPiq) --- They rose up against it. White Paper Movement. CCP blinked and dropped the "zero covid" goal. They've been on their back foot ever since. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s) 279
Update on crazy lefty coworker
Was seen crying and punching a wall Sent home (again) He'll be in rotten form tomorrow after the new Karen shooting What the fuck is happening? Insurrection act now Posted by: melodicmetal at January 14, 2026 09:10 PM (XLfSN) 280
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Lots of turmoil in the Inner Party of Red China. Makes you wonder what reality is there. It’s not what is released in government reports. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ) 281
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No F-14 will fly. Engines and electronics are maintenance intensive. Plus, old air-frames. Best use of them is as gate guards at Naval Air stations in the US. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ) 282
Where are you getting the Iranian airspace data?
I’ll bet an F 22 pilot has his transponder set to C 17 to lure the MiG 29’s in. Posted by: NaCly Dog Salty, pick the U tab at the top. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:14 PM (u/kd+) 283
Pamela Britton as "Mrs Lorelei Brown" on "My Favorite Martian" (1962-1966) is easily sci-fi's hottest chick. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:14 PM (Y8DZL) 284
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No F-14 will fly. Engines and electronics are maintenance intensive. Plus, old air-frames. Best use of them is as gate guards at Naval Air stations in the US. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ) That's when Top Gun Maverick turned into Mission Impossible . I'm not complaining. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (KDPiq) 285
Joan Collins was in a lot of British movies in the late 50s, early 60s and was amazingly seductive and beautiful. Glad she is still around.
I saw an episode of My Three Sons today from 1963. Singer Jaye P. Morgan was the guest star. She was very appealing, also. And she is still with us at 94. Posted by: Glamour Report at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (oftw2) 286
Pamela Britton as "Mrs Lorelei Brown" on "My Favorite Martian" (1962-1966) is easily sci-fi's hottest chick. Posted by: Auspex She sort of looks like Polly Purebred from Underdog. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (pkeXY) Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 09:16 PM (XV/Pl) 288
Nothing there.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:17 PM (A32KF) 289
I seriously think golf extends active life expectancy.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:18 PM (KDPiq) 290
Microprose had a fun F-19, later F-117 simulator years ago that let you fly sorties into Iran
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 09:20 PM (h/O4U) 291
274 Shameless self-promotion aside, I'm getting a sense that the wheel of the dynastic cycle is about to turn again.”
Coming from you, I give that thought a lot of credence. As you know better than anyone, they’ve been caught in that wheel a very long time now. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:20 PM (xVja5) 292
Makes you wonder what reality is there. It’s not what is released in government reports.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ) --- There are a few Youtube channels that are helpful, scour Chinese-language internet and have sources on the inside. The Chinese video everything, and there's a certain "catch me if you can" attitude about uploading stuff. Latest rumors have it that what looked like a horrific traffic accident in a tunnel was actually and assassination attempt, though the target is unclear. It's possible our spooks are playing with the Chicoms by spinning elaborate stories of double agents with Maduro, hoping Xi goes full paranoid and starts whacking ALL the commanders, leaving the PLA helpless. Interesting times. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:22 PM (ZOv7s) 293
Pamela Britton as "Mrs Lorelei Brown" on "My Favorite Martian" (1962-1966) is easily sci-fi's hottest chick.
Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:14 PM (Y8DZL) Gabrielle Drake as "Lt Gay Ellis" of SHADO Moonbase begs to contest that assessment. Posted by: Count de Monet, UFO Fan at January 14, 2026 09:22 PM (wVcYX) 294
I'm sure the Chinese also didn't like being welded shut in their homes when COVID was happening. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:09 PM ------- I don't know how much to believe anymore about all those Covid reports from China circa 2020. The sick people laying down en masse in the street outside hospitals, welding shut of apartment building doors, reports of large plumes from crematoria, etc. I took it at face value at the time, but now I wonder how much it was staged, a psy op. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 09:23 PM (VWtfl) 295
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Thanks. Inconceivable. The CIA helping America. Normally, they are the baddies. But they kiss their own reflection in the mirror. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ) 296
Not a lot of dark left in Tehran for a night show tonight. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (Y8DZL) 297
Coming from you, I give that thought a lot of credence. As you know better than anyone, they’ve been caught in that wheel a very long time now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:20 PM (xVja5) --- Thank you. Bruce Elleman (who was one of my major sources) has a model of the Dynastic Cycle that has four phases: Imperial interregnum, Imperial resurgence, Imperial decline, Imperial fall. We're clearly in the third phase, and the fourth could be upon us...next week? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s) 298
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 09:23 PM (VWtfl)
I understand but I believe that CCP did go to extreme lengths to quarantine people just based on what we did. Because they could. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:26 PM (KDPiq) 299
uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK) 300
Cold there.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (A32KF) 301
They invented gunpowder, too. Their military tech in particular stagnated because the combination of Manchu horse archers and Han infantry was impossible for any of the neighbors to beat. So they got lazy.
[ . . . ] Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 08:52 PM (ZOv7s) They were still using muzzle loading stave cannon during the Boxer rebellion. The English stopped using stave cannon and moved to cast iron in the late 1600's To learn western technology they had understand western science which required accepting western cosmology, which many in the Imperial court were unwilling to do -- much of the pretext of the Imperial system was based on theories that the world was unchanging unless it was in its nature to change. That was underscored by the possible loss of status in a new shifting world. The Europeans did not have that luxury, since they spent their time cutting each others' throats. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR) 302
Inconceivable. The CIA helping America. Normally, they are the baddies. But they kiss their own reflection in the mirror.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ) --- CIA is kind of its own thing, and remember that Obama's people burned all their Chinese agents. The whole network was rolled up and the media yawned. So while the DC types may hate Trump, the guys in the field may hate China even more. That's outside of my lane, so I'm not sure what is going on, but one doesn't even need CIA to do what Trump's people are doing spreading rumors of spies and such. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (ZOv7s) 303
uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK) --- Isn't Ukraine in the other direction? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (ESVrU) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ) 305
Meanwhile, In Ukraine:
1. The eastern half of the country, including Kiev, is pretty much without electricity, water, and heat. The supermarkets are starting to close, too. This makes partying with the hookers in the discos somewhat problematic for the draft dodgers and war profiteers. 2. Both sides are hitting shipping in the Black Sea with drones. This will have an impact on the economies of nations which are not directly involved in the war. 3. On the ground, the Russians continue to slowly grind forward in numerous locations, with the Ukrainians managing to make a limited number of counter attacks. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 14, 2026 09:30 PM (PH3st) 306
France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke! They're just jacking off. Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 09:30 PM (gKWVE) 307
Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (ESVrU) that is correct, Ukraine is in the other direction Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:31 PM (g47mK) 308
303 uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK) --- Isn't Ukraine in the other direction? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel ---- Da ain't no rubber bullets in Ukraine, let's go Frenchie. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 09:31 PM (y79kU) 309
Thank you. Bruce Elleman (who was one of my major sources) has a model of the Dynastic Cycle that has four phases: Imperial interregnum, Imperial resurgence, Imperial decline, Imperial fall. We're clearly in the third phase, and the fourth could be upon us...next week?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:25 PM (ZOv7s) Xi has got the problem that strong Emperor’s, strong Caesar’s, and strong dictators run into so often - they eliminate all competent rivals while they live, so that their successors are nitwits or worse. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:32 PM (xVja5) 310
uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke! Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:27 PM (g47mK If I were King I would withdraw from NATO immediately. Bring all our troops and weapons home from Europe. Concentrate on Central and South America to transfer trade from Europe. I'm vengeful like that. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:32 PM (KDPiq) 311
Once the French and the Germans get to Greenland, the French will surrender.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:32 PM (g47mK) 312
uh oh...France and Germany send troops to Greenland.
No! This is not a beginning of a joke! Posted by: runner --- Isn't Ukraine in the other direction? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel Dude, srsly? They might get shot at there! Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:33 PM (u/kd+) 313
Given their performance as UN "peacekeepers," all that will happen with European troops in Greenland is a lot of raping of Greenland's women.
Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (0e5Te) 314
13 German troops. Wow!
Posted by: NaCly Dog Probably billeted at our Space Force Base. Doubt they bivouac on the flight line. But that would be funny. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ) 315
U.S. rhetoric about acquiring the territory, with Germany confirming a 13-strong reconnaissance contingent and France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada among other allies saying they will participate in heightened activity there.
_factually.co Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (y79kU) 316
I know ! I know! Why go to all the way to Greenland to surrender ? Because they haven't surrender in Greenland yet!
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (g47mK) 317
Idaho Spudboy
Both countries have lost a generation of men. The difference is Russia is arming and training the non-Slavic Russians to fight, rather than the ethnic Russian urbanites. Moscow and St. Petersburg are not represented in the front lines. This may be another own goal for Russia in the future. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (u82oZ) 318
The Europeans did not have that luxury, since they spent their time cutting each others' throats.
Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR) --- By the time Europeans arrived in force, the Ch'ing had subdued every external enemy. Why spend money on weapons you don't need. Horse archers and matchlocks were sufficient. All branches atrophied. Since military service has zero status in the Confucian hierarchy, troops were just bandits in uniform, and giving them top-notch weaponry was an invitation to disorder. Honestly, you can accuse the CCP of making the opposite mistake: China has no bordering threats. No neighbor can or wants to threaten her. So why waste a small fortune on armaments you don't need when your people desperately still need internal improvements? Why not provide free public schools, unemployment insurance, free clinics? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:34 PM (ZOv7s) 319
Minnesota Star Tribune
A man was shot in the leg Wednesday night during a federal immigration enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Witnesses say a series of gunshots followed a car chase involving federal agents. Posted by: old chick at January 14, 2026 09:35 PM (F3Dlr) 320
Ukraine is weak.
Posted by: Kramer at January 14, 2026 09:35 PM (Q+gd/) Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:36 PM (Y8DZL) 322
Runner
13 German troops. Wow! Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ) They join the Scandis, Canada , Britain and France. But they still want us to give billions to Ukraine and protect them from 'Russia' . I'm over Europe and all the countries that take our money and protection but treat us like shit. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:37 PM (KDPiq) 323
320 Ukraine is weak.
Posted by: Kramer at January 14, 2026 09:35 PM (Q+gd/) Never get into a land war in Asia ... Posted by: Vissini at January 14, 2026 09:37 PM (3sXRv) 324
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Wolf Diplomacy has been a disaster for China. I used to advise my students: Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ) 325
They join the Scandis, Canada , Britain and France. But they still want us to give billions to Ukraine and protect them from 'Russia' . I'm over Europe and all the countries that take our money and protection but treat us like shit.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:37 PM (KDPiq) --- How will they resupply their defense force? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s) 326
I used to advise my students:
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ) --- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder is never a viable long-term strategy. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 09:40 PM (ESVrU) 327
Isn't Ukraine in the other direction?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel ---- Da ain't no rubber bullets in Ukraine, let's go Frenchie. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 09:31 PM (y79kU) German: WHY DO YOU HAVE REAL BULLETS?! Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:41 PM (u82oZ) 329
Wolf Diplomacy has been a disaster for China.
I used to advise my students: Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ) --- It's a Chinese thing. They don't understand foreigners, don't want to understand them, and the Son of Heaven is now bound by the laws of men. Seriously. They broke all their treaties because they didn't consider any of them binding. They'd sign, get the Europeans to leave, and then just keep doing what the were doing. The idea of honoring an agreement with foreigners was...foreign. The CCP turned that up to 11, because Communists Always Lie. So they quote international law while violating it. They talk about green energy while making their own air unbreatheable. And so on. China is asshoe. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:42 PM (ZOv7s) 330
She has hair? (Zoom to 500%)
https://tinyurl.com/3b4894k2 Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at January 14, 2026 09:04 PM (wVcYX) Those are photon torpedoes. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9) 331
How will they resupply their defense force?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s) Of course it's not a threat at all but just another slap in the face like not allowing fly overs or staging during our Middle East conflicts or fining our domestic companies for woke shit violations, or threatening our citizens with arrest for speech they don't like, etc. I'm sick of it. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (KDPiq) 332
Steal tech and anything that isn't nailed down.
It is interesting: for all of their investment and education, what innovation have the chicoms come up with? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s) 333
wait, waiiiit...Sweden is sending troop to Greenland too. GUYS! PERFECT TRAP! We can finally Invade Europe, if we wanted to ....
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (g47mK) 334
Honestly, the Europeans are exactly like the Karen's in Minneapolis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:44 PM (zZu0s) 335
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China is asshoe. Words to write in the Moon, 1,000 miles high. Will no one shoot China in the face? Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:45 PM (u82oZ) 336
So, who else is sending troops to Greenland next? Luxembourg??
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:45 PM (g47mK) 337
So, just for kicks, I re-read my concluding chapter, and OF COURSE there was a typo. Ugh. It never ends.
But I stand by it. I think my skepticism is being borne out. Obviously, after all that work, and then digging deeper, I'm more informed than when I wrote the book (I hadn't thought of youtube as a source, honestly), but I'm content with it. The Dynastic Cycle combined with my proprietary Three Generations Problem seems to be coming true. Hopefully it's not too messy. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:45 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:46 PM (u82oZ) 339
Luxembourg Navy !
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:46 PM (g47mK) 340
Who was the useful idiot lefty NYT Columnist that thought the CCP was wonderful?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 09:46 PM (KDPiq) 341
Who was the useful idiot lefty NYT Columnist that thought the CCP was wonderful?
=== All of them ?? Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:47 PM (g47mK) 342
We've reached that point in the movie where the punk underlings get all full of themselves and talk back to the Godfather. Yeah. You put your squad into Greenland to prove your point, eurotrash. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:47 PM (Y8DZL) 343
Lichtenstein Coast Guard!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 09:48 PM (9U0Wy) 344
Who was the useful idiot lefty NYT Columnist that thought the CCP was wonderful?
=== All of them ?? Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 09:47 PM (g47mK) Collect your winnings. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 09:48 PM (snZF9) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 09:48 PM (u82oZ) 346
have we considered annexing France? it's warmer than Greenland and the booze is better.
Posted by: and it's not like they'd put up a fight at January 14, 2026 09:50 PM (gKWVE) 347
ICE involved in another shooting Minneapolis; a Venezuelan illegal tries run over an agent?
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 14, 2026 09:50 PM (4b7CV) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 09:51 PM (pkeXY) 349
It is interesting: for all of their investment and education, what innovation have the chicoms come up with?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s) --- This was outside the scope of the book (and to be honest, a lot of the information only became recently available), but China's small arms are a fascinating subject. Just to review: when Europeans started kicking their asses, China needed to upgrade and turned to...Germany. It made sense. Germany had few concessions but wanted to screw the British and the French, so giving China modern weapons was one way to do it. I mentioned the Gw 88 (aka Hanyang Rifle), but I kind of glossed over the fact that in 1935, Germany sent a full slate of advisors and technical experts to help Chiang Kai-shek kill the Reds. Fully 10 divisions of infantry were fully equipped with German helmets and web gear, and China got the tooling to make Kar 98k rifles, which were of excellent quality. These troops crushed Mao's goons and the Long March would have been pointless if Japan hadn't invaded when they did in 1937. The Germans had a treaty with Japan, and pulled out, only to be replaced by... the Soviets! (cont) Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s) 350
Anyway, when the Chicoms finally win, they model themselves on Soviet stuff, yada yada, but China consistently failed to make a homebrew design, in part because Mao crushed any kind of original thinking.
That's still a problem. You can't have everyone waiting for "Xi Jinping Thought" and expect them to innovate. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:53 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 14, 2026 09:54 PM (zdLoL) 352
To be fair to Tom Friedman, he only repeated was his cab driver told him. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL) 353
After Greenland, Trump will go for Kamchatcha.
- Just to keep everyone guessing, he should put armies in Madagascar Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 09:55 PM (vSvIl) 354
How will they resupply their defense force?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 09:39 PM (ZOv7s) DAL probably Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR) 355
346 have we considered annexing France? it's warmer than Greenland and the booze is better.
Posted by: and it's not like they'd put up a fight at January 14, 2026 09:50 PM (gKWVE) No way, far too many Muslims. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:57 PM (xVja5) 356
I remember when the Berlin Wall went up. I could not envision a day when it would come down. Then it did.
I remember the Cold War and the threat that the USSR would persist nigh-eternally. Then it fell. I remember when Iran fell to the mad Mullahs and it seemed we would never see those lovely Persian gals again. And yet, burkas are being shed. (Looks at China) Posted by: mindful webworker - world full of heroes and villains at January 14, 2026 09:57 PM (FMpsC) 357
They also invented cast iron and had Jesuits camped in Kowloon with a foundry, and still could never build a decent cannon until the 19th Century
Posted by: Kindltot Bog iron was used by the Norse by 400 bc. So, no. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 09:58 PM (mlg/3) 358
ICE involved in another shooting Minneapolis; a Venezuelan illegal tries run over an agent?
Posted by: ErikInTexas Yes. And the mob is there. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 09:59 PM (9U0Wy) 359
Bog iron was used by the Norse by 400 bc. So, no.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 09:58 PM (mlg/3) Bog iron is wrought iron, not cast. Cast iron was developed in China Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se poden at January 14, 2026 10:04 PM (rbvCR) 360
nood, obviously.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 10:05 PM (mlg/3) 361
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For More… https://light2w0rk887.blogspot.com/ Posted by: HOME PROFIT at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (+f+s1) Quick HitsDr. Oz, head of Medicare and Medicaid, reports we're beingreipped off to the tune of billions: DrOzCMSUS orders partial evacuation of military personnel at Qatar military base. The United States military has ordered some personnel to evacuate the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar amid ongoing demonstrations in Iran and President Donald Trump's suggestion of possible military action, the Associated Press reported, citing "a U.S. official." Al Udeid previously came under Iranian fire in the wake of U.S. strikes on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program last year. The scope of the evacuation remains unclear.Does that mean the strikes are coming? I don't know. Trump announced that he had it on "good authority" that Iran had stopped massacring its people, which sounds like a possible off-ramp to a strike. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told by Iran that the killings of protesters will stop and that there are no plans for further executions. Iran has reportedly killed at least 2,000 anti-regime protesters so far as demonstrations engulf the Middle Eastern country. Some foreign leaders have predicted that Iran's regime is in its final days. Trump said his information was coming from "very important sources on the other side," and that executions, including one of an Iranian shopkeeper, are not expected to take place, despite a notice to the shopkeeper's family indicating otherwise. "We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and there's no plan for executions," Trump told reporters. "The killing has stopped. The executions have stopped. There's no plan for executions or an execution. I've been told that on good authority. We'll find out about it. I'm sure if it happens I'll be very upset."
Open Source IntelIs this true? I don't know.
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First!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s) 2
yes!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s) 3
>>>Trump announced that he had it on "good authority" that Iran had stopped massacring its people, which sounds like a possible off-ramp to a strike.
Could be a fake signal to Iran. They think he is backing off just when the strike is ready to go. Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 06:27 PM (8mulE) 4
Bomb Iran!
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 14, 2026 06:27 PM (VHzGa) 5
Typp in the lead.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:28 PM (A32KF) 6
Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar · 2h Trump amplifies Islamic Republic of Iran talking points here by saying: “They said people were shooting at them with guns, and they were shooting back — and, you know, it’s one of those things.” =============== Whatever this Iran game is, I wish we could get to the action. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:28 PM (Jxa0O) 7
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) 8
I don't think they've finished killing Iranian citizens. The bombings are still on the menu.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (cxFcK) 9
Typo.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (A32KF) 10
Trump thrives on ambiguity. It's how he operates.
He's sending multiple signals to confuse the mullahs. Evacuating the Deed while moving a CSG into theater is on pace with this. He always telegraphs his punches, but one is never sure. Also: you can be damn sure he wouldn't let the Crown Prince talk so freely if he didn't have the guy's back. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s) 11
I have a theory, Ayatollah is already dead.
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (g47mK) 12
Could be a fake signal to Iran. They think he is backing off just when the strike is ready to go. Posted by: No Name Today ============= The commenters on Goldie's and Tousi's channels are going crazy over those statements. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (Jxa0O) 13
Medical licenses should be revoked when one asserts that males can become pregnant.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (TN0g+) Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (Y8DZL) 15
Oprah claims she has an "obesity gene" that makes her overeat
- I've got a lazy gene that makes me . . . Well, I'd tell you but I need to rest first. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (L/fGl) 16
I chuckle at how, after a year of Trumpus Maximus, that people immediately try to read into a comment that is clearly equivocal.
It amuses me. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (2WIwB) 17
That dialog from Senate testimony is Idiocracy-worthy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (WnwRO) 18
Ol' Vermin needs to lose her doctor's license if she can't recognize the simplest most basic biological reality.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (iJfKG) 19
Let's not go throwing Trump out with the bathwater yet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (zZu0s) 20
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
------- You'd be surprised what gets classified as medical services these days. Posted by: Planned Parenthood at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (TN0g+) 21
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) Talk about a shitty insurance! Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:31 PM (2WIwB) 22
Wasn't Trump talking about negotiating up the very moment the bunker busters hit Fordow? People are freaking out over his statements. He's likely just playing games. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb) 23
Oh. Hay. Apparently Five Iranian banks are on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran's three largest banks and the primary bank for the IRGC and Iranian military.
I bet there was a loss of liquidity with those embargoed oil tankers and the blowed-up cocaine boats. I bet President Delcy Rodriguez is forwarding all the frantic collection calls to the White House at the moment. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (rbvCR) 24
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater Pretty sure it's covered in Canada. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (L/fGl) 25
What is it with women that uptalk like that? Don't they realize that they sound like retarded valley girls?
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (vFG9F) 26
4 hours till sunrise. Where is the Great Pumpkin?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (A32KF) 27
I chuckle at how, after a year of Trumpus Maximus, that people immediately try to read into a comment that is clearly equivocal.
It amuses me. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (2WIwB) --- He's very consistent. He thunders, backs away, changes the subject, seems conciliatory and then POW. When he starts appearing meek, that's when you head for the bunker. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (ZOv7s) 28
7 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) Aggressive assisted suicide. Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (8mulE) 29
CMS is announcing that we're withholding nearly $300 million from California =============== Seems to me like it should be more, but maybe that's the administrative help the feds send, not the actual payments. I'm not sure if/when the payments get cut off. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (Jxa0O) 30
California??? No way!
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (UjdFS) 31
"It's against the law to spend federal Medicaid funds on non-emergency healthcare for illegals. "
then "CMS is announcing that we're withholding nearly $300 million from California -- which is by far the worst offender -- until they demonstrate to our satisfaction that they�re spending that money properly." ---------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy, since you ate the cookies after I told you not to eat them, you're not getting any more cookies until I'm satisfied you heard me tell you not to eat the cookies. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (dIske) 32
Ol' Vermin needs to lose her doctor's license if she can't recognize the simplest most basic biological reality.
------ These things be nuanced...nuanced...let me axe you am I saying that word right? Posted by: DEI Supreme Court Justice at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (TN0g+) 33
I bet there was a loss of liquidity with those embargoed oil tankers and the blowed-up cocaine boats.
I bet President Delcy Rodriguez is forwarding all the frantic collection calls to the White House at the moment. Posted by: Kindltot A bank's main currency falling to zero tends to have an effect on liquidity. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (mlg/3) 34
Also I saw that hospital footage 2 weeks ago.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (WnwRO) 35
Millions of Mossad agents demonstrating in Iran.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (A32KF) 36
Pretty sure it's covered in Canada.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (L/fGl) --- Canada is now convincing people to kill themselves in order to get their organs. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (ZOv7s) 37
Trumpus Augustus. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (w6EFb) 38
According to someone on X, fighter jets are above Iraq now on the Iran border. And another said a United flight from Newark to Israel was just canceled. So who knows.....
Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (I7J98) 39
This whole song and dance (or our reaction to it) always seems like a form of black pill. It is good to remember that people have feet of clay, but so far, Trump has been aces.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s) 40
Would Trump have encouraged the people of Iran to protest if he didn't plan something beyond tariffs? Perhaps I'm naive, but I think not.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (n4Qav) Posted by: Cucker Trollson at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (g47mK) Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (Zh6C/) 43
She should have employed the Hillary Gambit...'I don't recall'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (XeU6L) 44
A bank's main currency falling to zero tends to have an effect on liquidity.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:33 PM (mlg/3) --- Hmmm, so the regime's troops are now working for free. We'll see how that goes. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (Jxa0O) 46
Personally, I found it telling that as soon as the lead judge in Iran issued the statement that the country's chaos must cease by any means necessary, the shootings started. Interestingly, at the time that statement was issued, he had no case in front of him. It was just a message that the IRG would not be prosecuted for outright murder of protesters.
Posted by: Orson That one judge should be terminated for crimes against humanity. ASAP Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (/lPRQ) 47
"Oprah claims she has an "obesity gene" that makes her overeat"
She so skinny now she look like one of them skinny Minnies. Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (vFG9F) 48
Medical licenses should be revoked when one asserts that males can become pregnant.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (TN0g+) Clearly you misunderstand. Such extreme treatment is reserved only for doctors who prescribe Hydroxychloroquine or write vaccine exemption notes for patients Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (rbvCR) 49
Hmmm, so the regime's troops are now working for free. We'll see how that goes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s) Zionist lies! Posted by: Islamic Republic of Iran's News Service at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (g47mK) 50
Trump thrives on ambiguity. It's how he operates.
He's sending multiple signals to confuse the mullahs. Evacuating the Deed while moving a CSG into theater is on pace with this. He always telegraphs his punches, but one is never sure. Also: you can be damn sure he wouldn't let the Crown Prince talk so freely if he didn't have the guy's back. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Are we good? We're good, right? He said we're good, yes? Posted by: The Mullahs Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (QGRvm) 51
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) Aggressive assisted suicide. Posted by: No Name Today 12 gauge therapy. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (L/fGl) 52
Not to be the "nothing will happen" guy, but if Venezuela is still being run by the Cubans and Iran by the Mullahs next week President Trump will have some 'splaining to do. Which I hope happens at the State of the Union, with Mark Ruffalo and Matt Damon seated next to the first lady when she serves them papers for a libel suit. Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL) 53
I don't think there is a medical code for shotgunning patients to better health. I could be wrong. I've done medical billing, though. And stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (Q0yOR) 54
Hmmm, so the regime's troops are now working for free. We'll see how that goes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:35 PM (ZOv7s) According to reports, Tether is being used for the black market. (as in the market not using Rials) Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR) 55
What is it with women that uptalk like that? Don't they realize that they sound like retarded valley girls?
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 06:32 PM (vFG9F) Lord that bugs me. And it's not just women. Plenty of younger men do the same damn thing. Maybe it stems from a desire to not make the listener think they are being too blunt, or something. I'm Ron Burgundy? Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (0aYVJ) Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (s0JqF) 57
I have been around for quite a few years and I have observed that there is nothing good about Islam.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (BSdIE) 58
The Basiji are not a secret police. Everyone knows who is who. Unless this is handled right it could get very bloody. I cannot say I understand what PDT is doing but I am praying very very hard for the people of Iran
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (WnwRO) 59
I don't think there is a medical code for shotgunning patients to better health. I could be wrong. I've done medical billing, though. And stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:37 PM (Q0yOR) --- The code is 86. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s) 60
Dr. Verma is vermin. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Jxa0O) 61
You don't say
Can I up my guess on how much government spending is stolen from earlier thread? %60 is stolen easy Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Ia/+0) 62
Dr. Verma is vermin.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Jxa0O) She should lose her medical license Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (VE6XX) 63
Civillian Aircraft rerouting around Iran.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (A32KF) 64
Not to be the "nothing will happen" guy, but if Venezuela is still being run by the Cubans and Iran by the Mullahs next week President Trump will have some 'splaining to do.
Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL) --- Venezuela is now an American protectorate. We determine who comes and goes. They take orders from us. It's pretty smart, because it both handcuffs the regime while also making them the responsible party. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s) 65
Which one of you did this?
He robbed the cradle — and she broke the internet. A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.” “Reducing a woman’s choices to money is one of the oldest and most unfair stereotypes. I have my own goals, my own work, and my own independence. I married him for who he is — his mind, his values, and the way he loves,” Minea Pagni told The Post. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (TN0g+) 66
>>I cannot say I understand what PDT is doing but I am praying very very hard for the people of Iran
They are getting confirmation on targets. They are likely planning to follow up any strikes with coordinated supply drops for civilians. Coordinating with allies over counterstrikes. It's a whole thing, man. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (ZcsJV) 67
Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.
Posted by: Common Tater ...... Public school? Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (UjdFS) 68
We built this city!
We built this city with Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans" Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (L/fGl) 69
Iran has reportedly killed at least 2,000 anti-regime protesters so far as demonstrations engulf the Middle Eastern country. _____________ What's that next to a dead lesbian in Minneapolis? Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (tgvbd) 70
59 Combined with 5150?
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Q0yOR) 71
Feminists then: Women aren't just people that wear skirts and makeup
Feminists now: Well if you wear a skirt and makeup your gender identity is clearly female. And really the best sort of female Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (sKqQm) 72
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Dr. Verma is vermin. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 06:39 PM (Jxa0O) ______ I thought she was a character in Scooby Doo. Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (s0JqF) 73
Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:41 PM (L/fGl) Fine.. Thank you... You can all leave now Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (VE6XX) Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (iJfKG) 75
>>Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"
Nothing in this country was built by any of those groups. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (ZcsJV) 76
"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told by Iran that the killings of protesters will stop and that there are no plans for further executions."
He has to know it's false. I know he's a busy man, but I'm certain he has staff who are monitoring closely and showing him the same things we're all seeing. You never know what he's really planning, and he's learned to keep the information close so it doesn't get leaked. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 06:42 PM (zYpTz) 77
They are retarded valley girls, or near enough
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:43 PM (Zh6C/) Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:43 PM (UjdFS) 79
Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.
Posted by: Common Tater ----------- We became complacent, bread and circuses. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:43 PM (XeU6L) 80
I have a gene that makes me eat all the ice cream in the house, which is why I never buy it and bring it in.
Posted by: Bad Genes at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (oftw2) 81
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure. ------- There's gotta be a medical code for that. Which one of you degenerates was the one who was always putting up the code cites? Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (y9nCu) 82
Well if the US does something I hope they wait till after Gutfeld..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (VE6XX) 83
81 I think that was Muldoon
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (Q0yOR) 84
First do no harm. How does that work?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (A32KF) 85
How much stuff that could never happen actually happens?
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (krQz2) 86
8686?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (A32KF) 87
The killing has stopped. The executions have stopped. There's no plan for executions or an execution. I've been told that on good authority.
- I suppose anything is possible, though that seems like the least likely of circumstances. Of course, having said that, the next news to the contrary, gives Trump the opportunity to say they'd lied to him, so talk is off the table (so a delaying tactic as our guys weren't quite in place yet.) Or it could be a misdirection like the "within two weeks" timeline for the strike on their nuclear facilities. Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (vSvIl) 88
ERMA: "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."
Uh, but her non-answer to this question isn't political? Posted by: Lady in Black at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI) 89
Joe Wilson is vindaloo-ed.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:45 PM (krQz2) 90
Where did all these whack bitches and faggots come from? It’s positively Orwellian.
Posted by: Common Tater ----------- We became complacent, bread and circuses. ----- Yep. I vaguely remember a theme of sort that seemed to come and go at Rantburg.com circa 2005 that had various pop icons pictured (like Britney Spears with a large snake wrapped around her) that the nation longed to pretend that everything was back to normal when "normal" could never exist again because of 9/11. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (TN0g+) 91
I think it's happening.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (A32KF) 92
St. Louis officials say A.I. posts are making it harder to find a bunch of escaped monkeys
https://is.gd/tHkEVF Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (L/fGl) 93
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital. https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (iQA9/) 94
Is this Part 2? This may be the Part 2:
@Breaking911 2m BREAKING: @nickshirleyy just exposed another fraudulent business in Minnesota, “Advanced Mobility” x.com/Breaking911/status/2011584881646846395 Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (mlg/3) 95
In a just world, that "Doctor" would immediately be called up before the medical board from whatever state she practices in, questioned, and have her license immediately revoked permanently. Only in a just world.
Posted by: Cheri at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (oiNtH) 96
You kids stop massacring each other or I'll come down there!!
Posted by: Dad Trump at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (krQz2) 97
When was the last time Trump bluffed on using force? He's moving a carrier from the South China Sea to the Middle East. That takes a minute.
If he moves he'll do it on his time not when we want him to attack. Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (viF8m) 98
Well if the US does something I hope they wait till after Gutfeld..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (VE6XX) could be happening now, but, you know , internet is out... Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 06:47 PM (g47mK) 99
You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 06:46 PM (iQA9/) Reminds me of an old Larry the Cable guy joke: Our horse broke its leg, and we were told to shoot it. Now we have a horse with a broken leg and a gunshot wound. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (0aYVJ) 100
1. Someone uncovers fed spending fraud
2. Spending is stopped 3. judge orders it re started 4. Everyone forgets about it 5. Go to 1. Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (kgFPv) 101
You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp Posted by: Stu Podaso ------- Cold, man, cold. I lol'd. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L) 102
The President of the United States told the Iranian protesters to keep fighting, take over as many building as you can, because help is on the way.
This afternoon, all the talk starts ramping up that a US strike is imminent. Tankers in the air, Israel on alert, Israel making moves as if an attack is imminent, and the US military in the region making the moves. And then Trump seems to back off a bit. This pisses off the pro-attack people who start screaming "Trump is backing down!" This is a deception, plain and simple. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (w6EFb) 103
First do no harm. How does that work?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:44 PM (A32KF) --- Before you do that, redefine "harm". Posted by: DC at January 14, 2026 06:49 PM (krQz2) 104
I have a gene that makes me eat all the ice cream in the house, which is why I never buy it and bring it in.
-------- Our son bought us an ice cream maker so we're obligated... Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 14, 2026 06:49 PM (WQDw6) 105
You've obviously not been to the Far Side Horse Hospital.
https://tinyurl.com/yekwt9wp Posted by: Stu Podaso --- Obamacare as they drew it up. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:50 PM (krQz2) 106
Whack bitches and faggots made this country what it is today!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:50 PM (L/fGl) 107
Cold, man, cold.
I lol'd. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L) Gary Larson was a mad genius. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 06:51 PM (0aYVJ) 108
94 Is this Part 2? This may be the Part 2:
@Breaking911 2m BREAKING: @nickshirleyy just exposed another fraudulent business in Minnesota, “Advanced Mobility” x.com/Breaking911/status/2011584881646846395 --------- Yes, it is. I posted on the last thread. All the Somalis in MPLS are pissed off in this one, it shows the transportation fraud, too. Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:51 PM (I7J98) 109
Where the hell are the carriers? There were two in the Pacific a while back... Have they had time to get to the Persian Gulf? Or close by? Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:51 PM (w6EFb) 110
ERMA: "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."
Uh, but her non-answer to this question isn't political? Posted by: Lady in Black ------- Stop interfering with the narrative. Posted by: MSM at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (pkeXY) 112
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Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms Oh please make this happen Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0) 113
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) Supposedly, the commies went to every hospital within 100 miles of Beijing and killed anyone wounded after the Tiananmen square massacre. Posted by: Beartooth at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (GGatE) 114
Residents in Northern Israel report lots of flight activity in the skies there.
Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (I7J98) 115
Trump will have some splaining to do.
I don't recall Biden splaining anything. Why should Trump? Posted by: Case at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (4rWc3) 116
>President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told by Iran that the killings of protesters will stop and that there are no plans for further executions.
---- alrighty then! Sounds like we get to go back on our promise to help! Whew- that was a close one. I watched a video of Nixon talking about meeting the Shah shortly before the man died. One takeaway for Nixon was, it's dangerous to be friends with the United States, mostly because of the mixed messages and ever-changing foreign policy. Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (ZxPkt) 117
I suppose that we can assume at this point that any civilians caught by security forces in hospitals, or taken off to jail, have been killed. Unless a mob killed the security first. I don't think the Iranian government has stopped killing their people, or even slowed down, unless they are being prevented by circumstances. And I don't think Trump believes a word they say, only intelligence reports. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (nqb3H) 118
Anybody tracking pizza delivery at CENTCOM?
Iran is it's AOR. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (/lPRQ) 119
Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) --- It's the best care their money can buy. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (krQz2) 120
Cucker Tarslson had his brother on as a guest. Brother’s name is Buckley. Tuck and Buck. Cute.
The brother is as looney as Cucker. Which means they grew up in a looney household. Cocker didn’t have some epiphany recently. He was always who he is he just decided to stop pretending otherwise. Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:53 PM (kgFPv) 121
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Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms Oh please make this happen ------ After what they did to us from 2020 to 2024 and their attempts to *destroy* this country I wouldn't lift a finger to stop him if 47 decided he wants a third term. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+) 122
>Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority.
---- Translation: People of Iran, you are fucked. Best of luck to you. Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:54 PM (ZxPkt) 123
Pramila Jayapal: "This country was built by Somalis, Indians, Latinos, Africans"
Nothing in this country was built by any of those groups. Posted by: garrett The Latinos and Africans played their part. The Somalis and Indians (call center not casino), not so much. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:54 PM (L/fGl) 124
Where the hell are the carriers? There were two in the Pacific a while back... Have they had time to get to the Persian Gulf? Or close by?
- I'm old enough to remember when everyone got focused on bombers that were headed the long way around the world to get to Iran's nuke sites. Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (vSvIl) 125
Remember Iran is EST+8:30 (UTC+3:30). By Gutfeld time, it will be about sunrise in Tehran. We attack at night always. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (w6EFb) 126
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Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms Oh please make this happen Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0) " with you 100% on this! Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (Cjt/F) 127
Whack bitches and faggots made this country what it is today!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:50 PM (L/fGl) --- That's a fact. Posted by: Don LeMon at January 14, 2026 06:55 PM (krQz2) 128
11 I have a theory, Ayatollah is already dead. Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 06:30 PM (g47mK) ------- Ended up like that Nasrallah guy in Lebanon, who also sported a giant Tums on his head? Oh what a relief it is. If true. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (nqb3H) 129
>Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms
--- seriously, we hear this every two years Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (ZxPkt) 130
Coordinating with allies over counterstrikes.
It's a whole thing, man. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:40 PM (ZcsJV) Making sure no one mines the Straights. Posted by: Diogenes at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (2WIwB) 131
122 >Trump: We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, has stopped…. I've been told that on good authority.
---- Did he say by whom ? Was that a signal from the résistance that the Mullahs have retreated ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (VE6XX) 132
>>The Latinos and Africans played their part.
Yeah...where? I'm not talking rollout roofing and funk music. I am talking Infrastructure and Iconic Architecture. They didn't build shit. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (ZcsJV) 133
Love the uptalk, “I am a person of science?” No, you’re an imbecile “doctor.”
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (IX8iX) 134
"I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."
——- It’s axiomatic people like this “Doctor” don’t know fuck all about Medicine. It’s analogous the local politicians gushing about how they are fine-tuning the weather 100 years from now, whist their cities are open air insane asylums with shitty roads and crumbling infrastructure. She is as political as it gets. They wouldn’t have paraded her in front of congress if she weren’t. Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:56 PM (GDXa0) 135
>>Making sure no one mines the Straights.
Best I can tell we've been flying over the strait, nonstop, for at least 4 days now. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:57 PM (ZcsJV) 136
Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms
— I thought he already destroyed our oh so precious democracy already . Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:57 PM (kgFPv) 137
One thing, if President Trump said we would do something if Iran keeps killing protesters, and they are, we better do something because thay will not stop
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0) 138
113 Shotgunning patients is not considered palliative care, pretty sure.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (KOKV6) Shotgunning beers is quite palliative. Posted by: Not covered by Medicare at January 14, 2026 06:59 PM (TbWk/) 139
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Joy Behar says President Trump will use the protests to declare martial law and cancel midterms Oh please make this happen Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0) I would settle for him handing out letters of marque instead. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 06:59 PM (snZF9) 140
A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.”
“Reducing a woman’s choices to money is one of the oldest and most unfair stereotypes. I have my own goals, my own work, and my own independence. I married him for who he is — his mind, his values, and the way he loves,” Minea Pagni told The Post. Posted by: Crusader Tell her you are broke. Time her on how long it takes her to call her divorce attorney. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 07:00 PM (QGRvm) 141
I’m not all that thrilled with bombing Iran again. But fuck it, it angers all the usual suspects. So let’s go!!!!!
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:00 PM (kgFPv) 142
The filthy murderers in Gaza also faked hospital raids and injured people and bloody carcasses in the street.
They lie. Nothing is to be believed. They want to trick Trump into something. I’m glad he’s dragging his feet so far. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (1xHyf) 143
Mosques are so beautiful when they are on fire.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (A32KF) Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (0KSrI) 145
The code is 86.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Ahhh, Named after the "kill switch" relay (Type 86 relay). Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ) 146
You'd think that Dr. Verma would, at some point, just say "no, men cannot get pregnant" and be done with it instead of embarrassing herself. She does her side (the insane lunatic side) any good by refusing to directly answer the question. What an embarrassment for the medical community. God help us.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 07:02 PM (XMwZJ) 147
Same as it ever was.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement @ICEgov Yesterday, in Texas, a criminal illegal alien tried to run over our officer — smashing vehicles and leaving one officer injured and sent to the hospital. Thanks to politicians spewing dangerous anti-ICE rhetoric, this is becoming a daily occurrence. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:02 PM (L/fGl) 148
First time I went to OHSU, I noticed a sign on the womens' restroom, saying that people should use whatever restroom fit their gender. And I had serious doubts about the qualifications of any doctor that believed that. Fortunately, the two I saw were great.
Posted by: notsothoreau at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (+mUZM) 149
According to someone on X, fighter jets are above Iraq now on the Iran border. And another said a United flight from Newark to Israel was just canceled. So who knows.....
Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:34 PM (I7J9 ~~~~~ Maybe. There's this also: @0hour1 Reports of Jets taking off in the middle east scrambling towards Iran. I will keep you posted. Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (3ImbR) Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (kgFPv) 151
Our son bought us an ice cream maker so we're obligated...
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard And if he bought you a crack pipe you'd be obligated... Posted by: Man Of Iron Will at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (oftw2) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:04 PM (L/fGl) 153
Just saw someone say the USS Abraham Lincoln is likely headed to the Middle East, but it will take a week for it to get there. An analysis was two options. We wait until the Lincoln gets there to commence operations. Other one, we start now, and then Lincoln gets there for sustained operations in Iran. Says this is the most likely. And reports of fighter jets all over Eastern Iraq and over Syria as well as Northern Israel. Also, reports of big movements of Israeli Iron Dome equipment being moved around to position for an attack. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: Big Penguin at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (0sNs1) 155
Dr. Verma is cuter than Dr. Mengele; that aside, no difference.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (8zz6B) 156
“Doctor” Verma. Another foreigner influencing American policy.
It never fucking ends. ----- Dr. Tiffany (of late night commercials on those "off" channels) is better looking, and likely more qualified. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (TN0g+) 157
Getting my son 12 (will be 13 tomarrow) up to speed what is going on in Iran by watching Escape from Iran the Canadian Caper, ARGO and the HBO Documentary about the Hostage Crisis and telling how BAD Carter was, He couldn't wrap his mind around gas lines. I had really forgotten how bad Carter was but not as bad as Biden. Biden has the excuse of being brain dead.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (FCrpy) 158
Tousi TV.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (0KSrI) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (y79kU) 160
We won't have much longer to wait to know for sure. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (w6EFb) 161
@holy_moses7
This account was created 40 minutes ago. He already has a $160k position on a US strike on Iran today. This is the only market he is betting on, does he know something? [edit: this post is a couple of hours old] Posted by: Methos at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (vSvIl) 162
Republicans voted today to give the NED (the CIA's global censorship apparatus) its largest budget ever so that it can help foreign countries attack Elon and Trump. Idiots.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (wItF4) 163
A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.”
________________________ I've got the money honey, if you've got the time, do,do doo Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (NtVYv) 164
Nick Sortor @nicksortor · 43m 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec. @HHS_Jim and @DrOz , who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,” were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told @LizCollin The fraudsters have become MILITANT. Time for FBI SWAT teams to start raiding these places. Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (I7J98) Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:08 PM (kgFPv) 166
AW Renee wasn't there to keep him from being arrested
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:08 PM (Ia/+0) 167
Guess Joe Wilson was right.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 07:08 PM (g078z) 168
Making sure no one mines the Straights
Let's not go too far. We need lots of sponsorships for Pride Month, you know. Posted by: LGBTQ Committee at January 14, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1) 169
>>HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec.
@HHS_Jim and @DrOz, who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,”were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told The Insurrection Act is coming if this is what is happening in MN. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 07:09 PM (ZcsJV) 170
Another report of KC-135s taking off from Pearl Harbor, likely toward the Middle East. It will take about 22 hours or so to get there. If sustained operations are going to occur, they'd get there just in time if something started tonight (or tomorrow night). Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb) Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (R/m4+) 172
Dean Wormer > Dr. Verma
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (L/fGl) 173
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor · 43m 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec. @HHS_Jim and @DrOz , who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,” were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told @LizCollin The fraudsters have become MILITANT. Time for FBI SWAT teams to start raiding these places. ------ Ok. Just the same, "Dr." Oz and the HHS were there for a photo-shoot. "We" don't need *them* to be performing professional audits or investigations--they're not qualified. If you go prancing around what's practically a warzone you're going to likely meet some conflict. Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (TN0g+) 174
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor · 43m 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Deputy HHS Sec. @HHS_Jim and @DrOz , who are in St. Paul, MN on “fact-finding missions,” were just CHASED OUT of businesses and FOLLOWED, they told @LizCollin The fraudsters have become MILITANT. Time for FBI SWAT teams to start raiding these places. Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM (I7J9 You misspelled death squads. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (snZF9) Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (tgvbd) 176
Somalians know they are untouchable.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:11 PM (kgFPv) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 07:11 PM (pkeXY) 178
Another report of KC-135s taking off from Pearl Harbor, likely toward the Middle East. It will take about 22 hours or so to get there.
---- Unless they engage the warp drives. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:12 PM (TN0g+) 179
Cosplay Velma is a doctor now?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 14, 2026 07:12 PM (wVcYX) 180
We going into Greenland tonight?
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (tgvbd) Detroit ! Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 14, 2026 07:13 PM (NtVYv) 181
Moves suggest sustained air operations, not a one-and-done strike. My guess, establish air supremacy over Iran. Shoot down anything that takes off, and provide air cover protection for the anti-regime forces. Establish protected safe areas. Reports than Israel/Mossad has been arming them, getting them some guns and weapons in there. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb) 182
Another day, another couple of kicks to the ass of anti-Americans by PDJT's administration.
Why yes, I did vote for this. But only once - I'm not a Democrat or dead. Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 07:14 PM (cYBz/) 183
162 Republicans voted today to give the NED (the CIA's global censorship apparatus) its largest budget ever so that it can help foreign countries attack Elon and Trump. Idiots.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:07 PM I wouldn't have expected anything else from our f*cktarded betters in DC. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 07:14 PM (xJGPn) 184
> Dr. Oz, head of Medicare and Medicaid, reports we're being ripped off to the tune of billions. (edited for spelling by AI)
----------------- No shit. Now go get me the thousands, hundreds of thousands that were stolen from me over the last 30, 40 , 50 years with all the "other" fraud I paid into taxes. Asshole. You're telling everyone what we already know. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (NwnyJ) 185
Yes, it is. I posted on the last thread. All the Somalis in MPLS are pissed off in this one, it shows the transportation fraud, too.
Posted by: beckster Fuck every last somali and democrat to hell. Woodchipper is too good for them. I'm pissed that we're getting ripped off by these worthless thieving pieces of shit. So glad tax season is rolling around again so I can be reminded of the eye-watering amount of taxes I pay for these fuckface bastards. Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (6tUUC) 186
>>Just the same, "Dr." Oz and the HHS were there for a photo-shoot. "We" don't need *them* to be performing professional audits or investigations--they're not qualified. If you go prancing around what's practically a warzone you're going to likely meet some conflict.
So Minnesota is now a war zone and the head of CMS is not allowed to see what happened to the millions he sent to Minnesota? Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m) 187
>>The Latinos and Africans played their part.
Yeah...where? I'm not talking rollout roofing and funk music. I am talking Infrastructure and Iconic Architecture. They didn't build shit. Posted by: garrett But - Chinese labor was significant on the west end of the Transcontinental Railroad Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (/lPRQ) 188
publius, not reported are the protestors killing IRCG guys and security forces.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (0KSrI) 189
Unless they engage the warp drives.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:12 PM (TN0g+) Wouldn't there be some KC-135's and other assets based at Diego Garcia? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (8zz6B) 190
Just the same, "Dr." Oz and the HHS were there for a photo-shoot. "We" don't need *them* to be performing professional audits or investigations--they're not qualified. If you go prancing around what's practically a warzone you're going to likely meet some conflict.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (TN0g+) There doing this to the head of an agency who is here with press and shit. What do you to think they do when some investigator comes? Probably lynch him that’s what. Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (kgFPv) 191
South Korean flight headed into Iranian air space just did a 180. Reports Iranian are scrambling their fighter jets. Also, report that a couple of Chicom planes have entered Iranian airspace. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb) 192
We going into Greenland tonight?
Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (tgvbd) Detroit ! Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 14, 2026 07:13 PM (NtVYv) *pales* Deus Vult! Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s) 193
"People called Migrantes, they go the house"
Posted by: Brian of Nazareth at January 14, 2026 07:17 PM (wVcYX) 194
Bennie and the Jets.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (A32KF) 195
Also, report that a couple of Chicom planes have entered Iranian airspace.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb) My hair is doused in gasoline. Just waiting for the signal to light it. Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (kgFPv) 196
So Minnesota is now a war zone and the head of CMS is not allowed to see what happened to the millions he sent to Minnesota?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m) The place needs to make WII Dresden look like disneyland. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (snZF9) 197
So Minnesota is now a war zone and the head of CMS is not allowed to see what happened to the millions he sent to Minnesota?
----- Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea. Investigative work doesn't generally involve rifling file cabinets these days, and what little of that type of stuff needs to be done can be done well below their paygrade. They didn't "deserve" to be harassed. But any of us could have told them that was a possible outcome. It was a bad risk/reward on their part. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (TN0g+) 198
If it were to happen, my bet would be the missle sites go first.
I am not optimistic. I suspect festivities are about done. Posted by: Accomack at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (GbONR) 199
185 Yes, it is. I posted on the last thread. All the Somalis in MPLS are pissed off in this one, it shows the transportation fraud, too.
Posted by: beckster Fuck every last somali and democrat to hell. Woodchipper is too good for them. I'm pissed that we're getting ripped off by these worthless thieving pieces of shit. So glad tax season is rolling around again so I can be reminded of the eye-watering amount of taxes I pay for these fuckface bastards. ____________ So, you're a Viking in MN??? Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (I7J98) 200
Yeah...where?
I'm not talking rollout roofing and funk music. I am talking Infrastructure and Iconic Architecture. They didn't build shit. Posted by: garrett Dude, have you ever even heard of Casa Bonita? https://is.gd/jqRJUw Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (L/fGl) 201
Iran hasn't stopped killing. Trump can't possibly believe that. I wish he'd just stop talking about it publicly.
Ensuring the end of that horror-show of a regime would be an enormous achievement for the Middle East and humanity. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (VnsnO) 202
They didn't "deserve" to be harassed. But any of us could have told them that was a possible outcome. It was a bad risk/reward on their part.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:19 PM (TN0g+) The head of an agency should have ZERO risk anywhere in this country. This is an act of war by the invaders. Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:21 PM (kgFPv) 203
Transferring $1.5 billion in assets, eh?
Well, I guess at some point you've stolen enough money. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU) 204
Somebody created this website about the Pentagon and pizzia: https://www.pizzint.watch/
I vouch for no one. Posted by: Accomack at January 14, 2026 07:21 PM (GbONR) 205
That's a lot of beard wax.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:22 PM (A32KF) 206
Dude, have you ever even heard of Casa Bonita?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks If you experience Case Bonita for more than four hours. . . . Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 07:22 PM (cYBz/) 207
KC-135 > KC and the Sunshine Band
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (L/fGl) 208
The head of an agency should have ZERO risk anywhere in this country. This is an act of war by the invaders.
Posted by: Really?? This x1000 Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (6tUUC) 209
Dear people who are famous on the left,
Dr. Oz was your hero when he was on Oprah every other week. And now y’all are chasing him like a bunch of heathens…which is actually what you are…anyway, the point is if they turn on Dr. Oz, you are next. Even if you get eaten last, you are still someone’s lunch. - piper Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (u/mEj) 210
At the end of the day every Arab “leader” is just about the Benjamins. The mullahs, Assad, Arafat, Gadafi. They all have the same playbook. Steal billions from your countrymen while they live in misery.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (kgFPv) Posted by: Blackjacks and SAPS at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (R/m4+) 212
In Iran, hospitals are killing fields. This is my shocked face.
. Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 07:24 PM (EoDGC) 213
>>Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea.
Seems like it turned out to be a great idea. We're talking about it and that's the point. It's not like he's going to singlehandedly find all the fraud but just like Nick Shirley and others he's shining a light on obvious fraud. We are not the only people in America. Most people don't know 1/10th of what we do. The more focus put on this stuff the better. We are in an information war as much as anything and the more the better. Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m) 214
KC-135 > KC and the Sunshine Band
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (L/fGl) The bottled sunshine travels on a different bus. But the KC-135 can refuel it. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (8zz6B) 215
beckster, I'm in The Swamp, not MN. I'd be even more pissed if I was stuck there. Then again, not sure it's that much better here
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (6tUUC) 216
Tousi TV.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM Even the London werewolves think his hair is perfect. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (Wnv9h) 217
Enough already.
Posted by: Blackjacks and SAPS at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (R/m4+) That sentiment is beyond critical mass support at this point. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (VnsnO) 218
Thanks for the info. It's been too long since I've checked in, and it's good to know you are still doing the work. Have a blessed day.
Posted by: Rosemary Welch at January 14, 2026 07:26 PM (tYi/n) 219
Dude, have you ever even heard of Casa Bonita?
----- I have! I've been to the only THREE Casa Bonita's that were ever (originally) in existence. The one that the South Park guys brought back to life is/was in Denver. The other two were in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (TN0g+) 220
An African invented the peanut. I leaned that on Kwanzaa.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (vFG9F) 221
You've been Vanced!
Senate GOP kills war powers effort to limit Trump on Venezuela, with Vance breaking tie Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (L/fGl) 222
* pours JackStraw three fingers of rum* To history unfolding.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI) 223
What does he know and we don't??
Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra · 1h It’s actually happening . FREE IRAN Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (I7J98) 224
Sheik sheik sheik Sheik your Djibouti.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (A32KF) 225
Sweet Jesus, that testimony. By a fucking doctor. What is the goal of the question? To establish biological reality. That is the goal of the question.
It's all fucking word games to these people. Which by the way, is dishonest and NOT scientific. Biological reality is not a word game issue. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (tV890) 226
I want to see heads cracked and ass busted in Minnesota.
Enough already. Posted by: Blackjacks and SAPS at January 14, 2026 07:23 PM (R/m4+) I'm hoping for A-10s. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 14, 2026 07:27 PM (snZF9) 227
I worked with a guy whose brother drove the AC-130 Spectre. Said his brother was pretty much sportin' wood every time they did live fire exercises.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (0aYVJ) 228
215 beckster, I'm in The Swamp, not MN. I'd be even more pissed if I was stuck there. Then again, not sure it's that much better here
___________- Probably about the same. Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (I7J98) 229
Yes or no answers in Congressional hearings to Dims and squatters result in blathering bongo drums of liberal word salad yapping, or taking the 5th.
This MD KNOWS there are two sexes. A fifth grader knows women only have uteruses (preferably only one per woman) to provide life to the unborn. Not males.It is anatomy, stupid. Speaking of the unborn, starting January 16th, the Catholic Church begins prayers for the unborn for 9 days: 1/16-1/24, coinciding with the March for Life. These daily prayers are to unite hundreds of thousands in prayers for the unborn. https://tinyurl.com/49e87n9s All who are pro-life, please pray during this time. Thank you. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (WONhk) 230
Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea. Investigative work doesn't generally involve rifling file cabinets these days, and what little of that type of stuff needs to be done can be done well below their paygrade.
Or, alternatively, they're carefully setting up causus belli for the Insurrection Act. Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (wItF4) 231
"Does that mean the strikes are coming? I don't know."
TOUSI says that the airspace over Iran has been cleared, except two planes heading to Tehran from China, and he seems to believe US air strikes are in progress against the IRGC. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 07:28 PM (hOOi9) 232
Mrs. F. says her Israeli Christian sources are alight with reports about military movements inside Israel, especially IAF assets
Corroborating reports of "fighters taking off" Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (RIvkX) 233
Thanks Ben Had.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m) 234
So... the exodus of KC-135's from our base(es) in the Gulf are more than likely a preemptive move to get them out of potential harms way. They will continue to refuel assets there... from somewhere else, but will fly into the region.
Iran's bluster, probable launching of more ballistic missiles at Israel and US bases, will be handled. Hopefully. I'd not worry too much about the peoples on the ground. Iranians or other. If the mullahs go full bloodbath they're dead before sunrise. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (NwnyJ) 235
Some somethings crossed northern Israel.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 07:29 PM (A32KF) 236
RMBS, the guy has great delivery .
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (0KSrI) 237
Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0) 238
I worked with a guy whose brother drove the AC-130 Spectre. Said his brother was pretty much sportin' wood every time they did live fire exercises.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian Depending on what gun they are firing everybody on board will be getting the magic fingers treatment. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (/lPRQ) 239
THATS A NOOD
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0) 240
New leftist defense of Good just dropped: the agent was wearing body armor, which will protect him from being hit by a car, so he's pretending to be hurt.
I am not making this up. Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (wItF4) 241
Why do they call the U-2 a spy plane? Because it's in da skies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (L/fGl) 242
Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb, bomb Iran . . . Posted by: Zombie Brothers Brian, Dennis, & Carl Wilson at January 14, 2026 07:31 PM (wVcYX) Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (ULPxl) Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (6tUUC) 245
It's all fucking word games to these people. Which by the way, is dishonest and NOT scientific. Biological reality is not a word game issue.
Posted by: El Mariachi ===== She isn't playing word games. She's signaling tribal loyalty. Standing up to a knuckle-dragging Republican, and avoiding agreement with him, maintains her status in the tribe. Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (8AONa) 246
RMBS, the guy has great delivery .
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:30 PM And he doesn't suffer leftist idiots gladly. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (Wnv9h) 247
Sweet Jesus, that testimony. By a fucking doctor. What is the goal of the question? To establish biological reality. That is the goal of the question. Posted by: El Mariachi ============== If I were her patient, I'd fuck her up. "What's your complaint today?" "What's the goal of this question?" "I just need to know why you're he--" "I can't answer this polarizing type of question." "Did you have any medical problems? Something you want me to treat you for?" "These yes/no questions always hide an agenda." Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 07:32 PM (Jxa0O) 248
All I can say is, after Maduro, if I were an Iranian leader, I wouldn't be messing about right now.
Look, Trump sent THREE MONTHS playing games in the Gulf of America with drug runners while all the while, training to snatch Maduro. In fact, a lot of what they did was cover for snatching Maduro. Training the Venezuelan operative to having periodic jet flyovers from the U.S. I think Trump know exactly where and when to drop the bomb on these assholes. I think Trump's goal it to win without intervention. But he isn't going to let the Iranian people lose either. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (tV890) 249
201 Iran hasn't stopped killing. Trump can't possibly believe that. I wish he'd just stop talking about it publicly.
Ensuring the end of that horror-show of a regime would be an enormous achievement for the Middle East and humanity. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 07:20 PM (VnsnO) Exactly! But it's the Art of War, my friend. Let the enemy think you're not coming, when you have already given the "GO" order. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 07:33 PM (hOOi9) 250
New leftist defense of Good just dropped: the agent was wearing body armor, which will protect him from being hit by a car, so he's pretending to be hurt.
I am not making this up. Posted by: Ian At least that lesbo's last memory was getting penetrated by a man... Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (6tUUC) 251
3 possible outcomes here
1) Iran tears itself apart. civil war. Tough on Iran...but the U.S. wins in that case, because Iran will be too preoccupied to do much else. No nuclear program. Houthis die off, Hamas surrenders, etc. 2) Iranian people win, that means the U.S, wins as well. Same as above. 3) Ayatollah's win, U.S. and Iranian people lose. I think trump will prevent that, and step in to get outcome 1 or 2 instead. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 07:35 PM (tV890) 252
Of course Big Pharma and Big Healthcare all are Bigly Trump contributors.
Single payer healthcare is anathema to them Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 07:37 PM (wthON) 253
Those two were looking for a photo-op. It turned out to be a bad idea. Investigative work doesn't generally involve rifling file cabinets these days, and what little of that type of stuff needs to be done can be done well below their paygrade.
--- Or, alternatively, they're carefully setting up causus belli for the Insurrection Act. Posted by: Ian S. ++ I have read on the internet, so I know it is true, Trump has already formally read them the riot act. IOW - all the formal steps to invoke the insurrection act. All that is left is to push The Red Button. So. Letting local political leaders call for an insurrection, and rabble rising, kind of puts it al together. Just letting things stew for now.... Been a couple times where ICE goes to secure some convicted child rapist and hundreds of bubble heads pour out of woodwork. One of these times that will happen and bubble heads will be looking at a bunch of regulat soldiers with machine guns. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 07:38 PM (/lPRQ) 254
BOOM. here we go.
Posted by: alpine_beer at January 14, 2026 07:39 PM (van9r) 255
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Just saw someone say the USS Abraham Lincoln is likely headed to the Middle East, but it will take a week for it to get there. An analysis was two options. We wait until the Lincoln gets there to commence operations. Other one, we start now, and then Lincoln gets there for sustained operations in Iran. Says this is the most likely. ... Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb) If it has been made public that the USS Abraham Lincoln is going to be in the Middle East in a week, it's probably already there. Posted by: MrExcitement at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (hOOi9) 256
If the strikes are happening, please, let us pray for everyone fighting against this evil regime.
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (p4NUW) 257
I really dont want the gead of any department running away lime a pussy. Who is this coward?!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 14, 2026 07:41 PM (Vvh2V) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 07:44 PM (zZu0s) 259
152 Video of the latest ramming.
https://is.gd/x6YfyI Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, --- There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned. They are going to do it again. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:46 PM (y79kU) 260
Advice - audit every single Somali immigrant this tax season.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:12 PM (tV890) 261
Think on this:
Venezuela Iran Gaza Cuba Russia Imagine if all 5 became capitalist democracies. Imagine how much less...mayhem there would be. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:17 PM (tV890) 262
I think the Lincoln is a feint. "Oh well, it will take a week to get there".
Nah. Trump makes very public moves, then strikes form somewhere else. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:18 PM (tV890) 263
There's patience and there's stupid. When he/she tried to back into that agent time was up. No lesson learned.
They are going to do it again. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 07:46 PM (y79kU) Nope. What will happen is they will give a single warning. If you fail to immediately obey, then they bust your windows and drag your silly ass out of the car to be arrested. They take your car to the impound lot. No excuses. Confiscate the car or have the impound lot impose huge daily storage fees. Cost these people thousands per incident. Make this a very expensive and time-consuming tactic for them, with the possibility of getting shot. Sure, the local judge will let them off - but the tow fees and impound costs will be several thousand bucks. And sure, Soros will pay that, but my guess is the feds have more money than Soros - bleed their cash. Make this type of protest VERY expensive for them. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:24 PM (tV890) 264
Regarding the Verma testimony, I can only respond that if anyone (including SC Justices) who cannot define simple, well established scientific (NOT Social !) standards while discussing the subject at hand, they should be removed as "experts/witnesses", etc) as they do not possess the ability to reason or communicate in a intelligent debate or inquiry.
The Public has had ENOUGH of these silly word games and lies being used at the highest level of Government. The trollops and paid actors that the Dems push forward to waste the Government's time should be punished, severely. Christine Blasey Ford comes to mind as one of those paid liars. Posted by: TXMarko at January 14, 2026 09:18 PM (7flhA) Posted by: Beverly at January 15, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys) 266
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Reading through this post reminds me of my previous room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Fairly certain he will have a good read. Thank you for sharing! Posted by: kp88 at January 16, 2026 03:34 AM (AQfYD) Trump Stops the Issuance of Visas to Migrants from 75 Welfare-Sucking CountriesMXM: President Trump's State Department moved Wednesday to halt immigrant visa processing from 75 countries after internal data showed migrants from those nations are entering the United States and enrolling in taxpayer-funded welfare programs at what officials described as unacceptable rates. The decision, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, places an immediate pause on visa approvals until the U.S. can verify that future immigrants will be financially self-sufficient rather than dependent on public assistance. In a formal statement, the United States Department of State said the freeze is intended to prevent additional strain on American taxpayers and ensure the country's immigration system no longer rewards welfare dependence, stressing that the administration's priority is protecting American workers and public resources. The pause affects dozens of countries identified by the department as consistently producing high numbers of migrants who become public charges shortly after arrival, including Somalia, Haiti, Iran, and Eritrea, with officials emphasizing that the policy will remain in place until safeguards are in place to stop what they view as systemic abuse of U.S. generosity. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Well, it's a start.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (zZu0s) 2
DENIED
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (REq0p) 3
Winning
Posted by: Buh Bye Pleeze at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (gAIXz) 4
Mejor que nada
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (8+C2v) 5
Deport the Hawaiian Judge.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (/HDaX) Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1) 7
Anyone tired of all the winning yet?
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (1x+4v) 8
Cause they suck!
Posted by: Turkey at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (krQz2) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (tgvbd) 10
We voted for this.
Posted by: Trump voters everywhere at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (3Bfws) 11
Shithole country Visa ban?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:06 PM (A32KF) 12
Good, start throwing them out now
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0) Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (ESVrU) 14
All of your paperwork is in order, bugger off.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (A32KF) 15
This really isn't doing much more than what many countries already do. You have to have employment lined up before they let you into their country.
Probably even the one ruled by Quier. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (krQz2) Posted by: B. Billingsley at January 14, 2026 05:07 PM (3Bfws) 17
So easy to do this, and no one before ever bothered to press that button. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (Jxa0O) 18
Wait for it to be Boasberged.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (s0JqF) 19
Wouldn't it be easier to just turn off ALL visas from everywhere, and then have the nations that want to send folks here supplicate themselves to reopen the spigot?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (dGCAG) 20
He's shifting the Overton window.
Posted by: mr tmz at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (rJ48h) 21
How about a 10 year moratorium on any immigration.
Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (SwyyQ) 22
*spit*
Posted by: Sid... who puts the anal in anal sex at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (D2IqN) 23
What sucking?
Oh. Nevermind. Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (3Bfws) 24
I like the part how somehow those from these shithole countries were always the ones winning the visa "lottery."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (HXT0k) 25
Only 75? Posted by: Frank Barone at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (IifOV) Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (g47mK) 27
It looks he is using this power (which he has) to pressure congress and the states to limit welfare benefits to migrants (a power he sorely lacks.)
Not sure. Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (n2ZBr) 28
This really isn't doing much more than what many countries already do. You have to have employment lined up before they let you into their country. *puffs pipe complacently* Used to be that you couldn't come to this country if you were going to be a burden on the public. *continues rocking in chair* Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (tgvbd) 29
Nonsense, everyone knows immigrants in the United States don't take welfare.
And even if they do, it's because they deserve it. And even if they don't deserve it, you're a racist. Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (GD2xa) 30
Mastercard.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (A32KF) 31
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So easy to do this, and no one before ever bothered to press that button. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (Jxa0O) Trumps whole presidency seems to be doing things we were explicitly told couldn't be done without bipartisan bs bills in Congress. Oh how they repeatedly lied to us. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (8+C2v) 32
Keep those Norwegians out! And the hot Dutch girls.
Posted by: Forty Years In Public Housing at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (oftw2) 33
Better late than never, but the damage has been done, unfortunately, maybe fatal. That was the whole point. Flood the zone. If even 1/2 of 1% of the millions of illegal aliens have bad intent that’s a fuckpile of people. A few hundred trained saboteurs could really cause trouble in the good ole U.S.A.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (BWpBM) 34
If India isn't one of them, then it's all for show. Somalian fraud dwarfs Indian fraud. It's not even close.
Posted by: Resist_we_much at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (cpys8) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (Wnv9h) 36
Doesn't someone have to pledge that immigrants won't be a financial burden? Did that go out with Ellis Island?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (jc0TO) 37
Shithole country Visa ban? Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:06 PM (A32KF) In a roundabout way... Check the list at the link. Thailand is on the list. When the Donks complain, ask them about their Thai ladyboy fetish. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (y9nCu) 38
Deport the Hawaiian Judge.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (/HDaX) I'm not opposed to turning Hawaii back into a separate nation, with a king or whatever. There have to be King Kamehameha Juniors running around somewhere, Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (dGCAG) 39
any rate over 0 percent is "an unacceptable rate"
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (emBoF) 40
Goat pimps hardest hit.
Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (0e5Te) 41
Yeah, I really can't wait for the inevitable clown judge illegal injunction that says this violates due process and the Administrative Procedures Act.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (HXT0k) 42
Take a look at Canada's rules for tourist visas. They reject people for having DUIs.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (+bUE8) 43
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO) 44
33 Better late than never, but the damage has been done, unfortunately, maybe fatal. That was the whole point. Flood the zone. If even 1/2 of 1% of the millions of illegal aliens have bad intent that’s a fuckpile of people. A few hundred trained saboteurs could really cause trouble in the good ole U.S.A.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (BWpBM) They Cloward-Pivened everything. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (8+C2v) 45
Who will lear at the children?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (A32KF) 46
Trumps whole presidency seems to be doing things we were explicitly told couldn't be done without bipartisan bs bills in Congress.
The next Democrat will just turn the spigot back on. The uniparty knows this. Posted by: Resist_we_much at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (cpys8) 47
Nonsense, everyone knows immigrants in the United States don't take welfare.
And even if they do, it's because they deserve it. And even if they don't deserve it, you're a racist. Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (GD2xa) I think I now understand the phrase "diversity is our strength." They mean diversifying MY money by giving it to them. Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:13 PM (dGCAG) 48
About goddamn time.
Posted by: That guy who says it's about goddamn time at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (TbWk/) 49
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO) Why should you be any different from the rest of us? Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (dGCAG) 50
Want a laugh? Ask a leftist, sometime, where Eritrea is on the globe.
9 out of 10 will think you are making the place up. But, they'll be advocating on their behalf in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1... Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske) 51
President Trump's State Department moved Wednesday to halt immigrant visa processing from 75 countries after internal data showed migrants from those nations are entering the United States and enrolling in taxpayer-funded welfare programs at what officials described as unacceptable rates.
Considering anything over zero is BULLSHIT. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:15 PM (QGRvm) Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 14, 2026 05:15 PM (0N4FZ) 53
27 It looks he is using this power (which he has) to pressure congress and the states to limit welfare benefits to migrants (a power he sorely lacks.)
Not sure. Posted by: bob House just passed such a bill under reconciliation guidelines that eliminated any federal funds for illegals. Now it is the Senate's turn. And fwiw, Senate can use reconciliation to pass a minibus for the remaining spending bills as the shutdown looms at the end of the month. Dems want to defund DHS and enforcement for deportations now and DHS funding bill is one of those moving through the Senate. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:15 PM (WDjG6) 54
Not China?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (A32KF) 55
Not a criticism. It would have been good to do this sooner, to stop the bleeding of more tax dollars. Goes to show how many problems the Trump administration was left to solve.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (6pBAG) Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK8) 57
46 Trumps whole presidency seems to be doing things we were explicitly told couldn't be done without bipartisan bs bills in Congress.
The next Democrat will just turn the spigot back on. The uniparty knows this. Posted by: Resist_we_much ======== The water system may not exist by then. Spigot would be empty at that point. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (WDjG6) 58
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO) Why? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (zZu0s) 59
But I thought diversity was our strength?
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (UjdFS) 60
I'm not opposed to turning Hawaii back into a separate nation, with a king or whatever. There have to be King Kamehameha Juniors running around somewhere, Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:11 PM (dGCAG) The Hawaiians would love that, at least until the money runs out. They hate haoles, it's the most racist state in the Union, populated by lazy, fat pothead Hawaiians. Makes rural 1950s Mississippi look like a cosmopolitan Eurocity. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (y9nCu) 61
I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Sounds like something the Jawas yell in Star Wars. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (zZu0s) 62
I saw a guy point out, on average, 1-2% of humans are psychopaths, criminals.
And the Democrats let in millions of people--with no vetting. That means, even if you don't think illegal entry is a crime, you still support 10s of thousands of violent and dangerous people coming in and running loose in every city. And all of that is still irrelevant to the left--they hate Americans that much. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:17 PM (HXT0k) 63
75 countries. There are about 195 countries in the world. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 05:18 PM (xVn4c) 64
Diversity does make them stronger, because the citizenry is busy fighting amongst each other AND the invaders (plus job losses, outshoring, monetary inflation, crushing red tape and bureaucratic bullshit, ad nauseam ad infinitum
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:18 PM (BWpBM) 65
House just passed such a bill under reconciliation guidelines that eliminated any federal funds for illegals.
Why did they waste the time? Democrats swore illegals couldn't get welfare. /s Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:18 PM (QGRvm) 66
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM Are you now claiming you're new here? Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:19 PM (0sNs1) 67
30 years too late, but still a pimp-hand move
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:19 PM (iozMe) 68
I had a neighbor do a 180 on Trump vs migrants recently. Last year he was "Trump is an isolationist and we need migrants". This week he is "Throw them all out. They're bleeding us dry". I told him "Welcome". Posted by: Frank Barone at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (IifOV) 69
Instead of running over ICE agents, why don't these do-gooder Minnesotans just house Somali families themselves? Sponsoring them until they get on their feet, you know. I keep hearing how hard-working they all are so obtaining employment should be a snap.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (2dlNj) 70
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO) --- Trying to be better than us?! Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2) 71
To any leftists here, it is illegal, as if that matters to a leftist, to immigrate legally, much less invade illegally, and be a drain on the social system.
If I ran DHS I would definitely have a Pinochet helicopter airlines. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (xvV+O) 72
Working in the coal mine
Going down, down, down Working in the coal mine Whoop, I wanna sit down I have no idea why this is running through my head. Oh well. Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (2J/Lj) 73
I'm not opposed to turning Hawaii back into a separate nation, with a king or whatever.
There have to be King Kamehameha Juniors running around somewhere, Posted by: BurtTC Unfortunately the Kamehameha dynasty died out. They are the who used British constitutional monarchy as a model. The successors, and last monarch tried to restore an absolute monarchy.... and got tossed for her efforts. Yes, the US was involved... In protecting the government from a tyrannical coup. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (/lPRQ) 74
The only reparations due to anyone in this country, are due to the American taxpaying citizen.
Posted by: UncleJefe at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (DzC+b) 75
I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Sounds like something the Jawas yell in Star Wars. Posted by: Aetius451AD Barkeep! A dirty Eswatini! Two olives. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (QGRvm) Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (WONhk) 77
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick had the right idea. Screw the welfare office, invade, get your ass kicked, and collect foreign aid.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (gm9Sb) 78
The local AWFLs have moist panties because the peace walking monks finally made it to Charlotte. So that's where everyone is tonight.
Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (uQzkA) 79
44 33 Better late than never, but the damage has been done, unfortunately, maybe fatal. That was the whole point. Flood the zone. If even 1/2 of 1% of the millions of illegal aliens have bad intent that’s a fuckpile of people. A few hundred trained saboteurs could really cause trouble in the good ole U.S.A.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 05:10 PM (BWpBM) They Cloward-Pivened everything. Posted by: CaliGirl And yet they are failing by the day. Resolute leadership beats craven theft and trying to manipulate. What Cloward and Piven never got is that there is NO historical determinism, what one group wreaks, another can fix. And usually the result is the group that damaged the place becomes tainted and loathed by those fixing up the place. Marx and his attempt at declaring the inevitably of his process was absolutely wrong. History does not work that way until the Lord comes back for the second time. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6) 80
Don't forget UK. They're all on the dole, and that won't change with the scenery.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (wBaIH) 81
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO) --- Why don't they take into their home the multiple-count oral rapist ICE was taking in that day?! Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (krQz2) 82
I hope Djibouti ain’t on the list
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (iozMe) 83
Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF) 84
56 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Yeah, but I bet you've heard of Swaziland. That's one of those countries that changes names like bed sheets. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (dIske) 85
And then throw all the jackholes out of the country and clean the entire mess up for once and all. Until the Dims or judges decide nah, bro we're good and bring it all back. And the GOPe, of course. One big uniparty with a unibrow.
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (Q0yOR) 86
Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (RIvkX) 87
Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
The Operative: This is a good death. There's no shame in this, in a [ wo ] man's death. A [ wo ] man who has done fine works. We’re making a better world. All of them, better worlds. Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (RHGPo) Posted by: A bartender at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (WDjG6) 89
Ex-CEO of Paul Newman charity for sick kids embezzled millions. “Christopher L. Butler, 49, of Porter Ranch, California, has been charged with more than a dozen felonies after allegedly stealing $5.2 million over seven years from The Painted Turtle, one of the many charities for kids with chronic or life-threatening illnesses co-founded by the late actor.”
------ IF your "charity" doesn't have a nuclear-strong audit system, you don't have a charity--you have an situation just begging for embezzlement. Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (TN0g+) 90
56 I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 That's right next to Watusi, & Hully Gully. Posted by: Frank Barone at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (IifOV) 91
Then: These people are just doing the jobs Americans won't! And it is a FACT that none of them can or do get welfare
Now: Its racist to stop immigrants just because they are coming to get on welfare Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm) 92
Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Kiribati.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (RIvkX) 93
Have they looked into the Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Don't Read Good?
Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (PSEDc) 94
Not China?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (A32KF) No. We need them to keep HBCUs in business. Probably the stupidest shit Trump has ever said. Posted by: Resist_we_much at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (cpys8) 95
Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss Loaded with canned ham and Legos for the kids. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (/lPRQ) 96
Progs are complaining "They are snatching people out of their homes!"
Like they didn't enjoy their popcorn with no-knock and battering ram, machine-gun raids at dawn on citizens that would eventually be charged with "parading" and simply "being on Capitol grounds illegally". You can set your watch by their double standards. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (krQz2) 97
IF your "charity" doesn't have a nuclear-strong audit system, you don't have a charity--you have an situation just begging for embezzlement.
Posted by: Crusader ======= No more non profits. All of them have to report income and expenses just like other businesses do. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (WDjG6) 98
2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX) 99
80 Don't forget UK. They're all on the dole, and that won't change with the scenery.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (wBaIH) If you look at the list, it's places Americans don't visit. Trump is expecting some retaliation, and he didn't want to ruin anyone's summer vacations. Posted by: Nova Local at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (tOcjL) 100
Please delete the word 'pimp' from your AoSHQ vocabulary.
According to the Style Guide, we are Professional Pleasure Procurers. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Posted by: Professional Pleasure Procurers at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (0sNs1) 101
I'm pretty sure this violates the Fuckin' Haole clause in the constitution.
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (UjdFS) 102
....after allegedly stealing $5.2 million over seven years....
------ Seven freaking years of auditors being asleep or paid off. Seven freaking years. Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+) 103
Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Kiribati.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (RIvkX) --- I think I can pronounce it. Whether I pronounce it right is another matter. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (krQz2) 104
Now the Somalians will set up fake jobs with fake salaries to guarantee that their Somali friends applying to come to the USA won't be a burden. Strangely, they'll all be "working" at daycares.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (O7YUW) 105
98 2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX) That's Italian fruit salad. Posted by: Nova Local at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (tOcjL) 106
96 Progs are complaining "They are snatching people out of their homes!"
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (krQz2) ____________________________ Maybe we can get Janet Reno cough the dirt out of her long dead mouth and comment on that. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske) 107
This fits perfectly with the post.
https://tinyurl.com/yc3yb5se Don't know if India was one of those countries. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (n5tGW) 108
Please focus on issues like this instead of taking Greenland.
Posted by: Maroon at January 14, 2026 05:26 PM (nMkzv) 109
102 And none of these criminal masterminds, after stealing millions, have a bolt hole for the day word comes out they're going down.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (gm9Sb) 110
Alexander did it all in Linen Armor.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (A32KF) 111
I hope Djibouti ain’t on the list
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM I'm sure Sheik Dji'bouti will move vigorously against that. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (0sNs1) 112
That is quite a list of third world sh*tholes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (RIvkX) 113
We have always been at war with Eswatini.
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (UjdFS) 114
Nobody wants a dirty twatini.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (krQz2) 115
The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU) 116
You know, I should read all the comments before adding my redundancies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (jc0TO) --- Trying to be better than us?! Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2) Yeah. Look at Mr Considerate readin' all the comments! Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s) 117
Marx and his attempt at declaring the inevitably of his process was absolutely wrong. History does not work that way until the Lord comes back for the second time. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (WDjG6) I pray you're correct but evil never sleeps and this makes me uneasy. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (mxcbL) 118
We have always been at war with Eswatini.
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:27 PM (UjdFS) --- That's what Aswipe told me. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (krQz2) 119
Uncontroversial.
Should be anyway. We'll hear the lamentations of the women from the Democrat party. From their women too. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (Dv3i1) 120
Since it seems we're stuck with the Somalis, I wish Piper would do a fashion segment on them.
Posted by: Mr. Guy Of Beverly Hills at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (oftw2) 121
86 Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM -- And just like that, a country you never think of becomes a country you never heard of. Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (NYInA) 122
Mangiare!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (RIvkX) 123
I hope Djibouti ain’t on the list Posted by: Elric the Blade =============== Got a mail-order bride coming? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (Jxa0O) 124
91 Then: These people are just doing the jobs Americans won't! And it is a FACT that none of them can or do get welfare
Now: Its racist to stop immigrants just because they are coming to get on welfare Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM (sKqQm) I see a lot of Latinos on roofing crews and construction crews and landscaping crews. I don't see many of those jobs staffed by people from the other side of the Atlantic, if you know what I mean. YMMV, but at least some of these folks actually work. Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (MZ+PY) 125
Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
-- LOL They're going to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Minneapolis. And settle for no less than $5 million. Not a single person who approves that settlement will lose re-election. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (HXT0k) 126
50 Want a laugh? Ask a leftist, sometime, where Eritrea is on the globe.
9 out of 10 will think you are making the place up. But, they'll be advocating on their behalf in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1... Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:14 PM (dIske) Only reason I know where Eritrea is, is my reading Neal Stephenson. My geography knowledge of that whole continent is pathetic. Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (GD2xa) 127
Thousands of Somalis go on the lam, head to Mississippi and learn to sing "De Camp Town Ladies", hoping they will fit in.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (gm9Sb) 128
Please delete the word 'pimp' from your AoSHQ vocabulary.
According to the Style Guide, we are Professional Pleasure Procurers. Thank you for your attention to this matter. === Directors of happy ends. Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:29 PM (g47mK) 129
So this includes people visitiing on business or vacation, right? No more accidental Visa overstays!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (yvZQo) 130
115 The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU) ++++ You're making me want to cry. Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (2dlNj) 131
These places are "countries" like Rhode Island is a "state."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (krQz2) 133
Progs are complaining "They are snatching people out of their homes!"
You know it was amusing when the left finally figured out human beings pay taxes when Trump passed his tariffs. Apparently now they are finding out cops will arrest you...even at home!...if you break the law. They should really thank Trump for teaching them all these things Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (sKqQm) 134
This comment and content reading will come back to bite us.
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (oftw2) 135
Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
== she was a terrorist, got shot trying to assassinate a federal officer , get lost Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (g47mK) 136
Oh no! Anyway...
Posted by: Jeremy Clarkson at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (VQC/c) 137
121 86 Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:22 PM -- And just like that, a country you never think of becomes a country you never heard of. Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 Rhodesia weeps. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (mxcbL) 138
Is Eswatini shaken?
Is it stirred? Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM Narrator: "And thus was the sleeping CBD was awakened." Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1) 139
The last restaurant, The Panda Express in the basement food court, at S.F.’s largest mall has closed
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (RHGPo) 140
107 This fits perfectly with the post.
https://tinyurl.com/yc3yb5se Don't know if India was one of those countries. Posted by: Guy Mohawk How does one lawyer approve 700,000 H1B visas? How can the country absorb 700,000 Indians (and I assume their immediate families)? Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Dv3i1) 141
TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.
In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske) 142
President Trump's State Department moved Wednesday to halt immigrant visa processing from 75 countries after internal data showed migrants from those nations are entering the United States and enrolling in taxpayer-funded welfare programs at what officials described as unacceptable rates.
I wouldn't trust whatever the Department of State says. For too many decades they've been a leftist viper's nest. There will be too many dug-in employees there that will quietly subvert whatever conservative agenda is now in play, waiting for the leftist communist bastards to gain control again. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (O7YUW) 143
Is Eswatini shaken?
Is it stirred? Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM Narrator: "And thus was the sleeping CBD was awakened." Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (0sNs1) --- CBD is stirred? Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (krQz2) 144
The trailer for Euphoria S3 has dropped. Sydney Sweeney's character is an OnlyFans model. HBO Max looking to boost the horny male viewership numbers.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney News Alert at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Y1sOo) 145
The Trump Administration has told states to stop the long-standing practice of taking Social Security benefit checks from some children and youth in foster care. In a letter to governors, sent in early December, Alex Adams, an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told states to end what he calls "the orphan tax." Adams, who oversees federal child welfare policy, told states to quit taking Social Security survivor benefits from children in foster care. The monthly benefit is paid to a child whose mother or father has died but had worked and paid Social Security.
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (RHGPo) 146
This comment and content reading will come back to bite us.
Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM And we'll be lucky to live through it. Posted by: RADM Josh Painter, USN at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (0sNs1) 147
Eswatini is like an appletini... only with eswats.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (krQz2) 148
If you ever watch bodycam videos, there are criminals who actually believe they are "Home Safe" if they flee back to their house, or even near it.
Posted by: "I Live Right There!" at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (oftw2) 149
Sorry if this has been addressed under other posts, and sorry, also, for going O/T, but does anybody know what's going on with the big Verizon crash today? (Service, not stock price).
Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (2L+MU) 150
The sole Danish C130 headed to Greenland. Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF) Moar accurate Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (zZu0s) 152
TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.
Because they still go gobble gobble and are afraid of Pilgrims? Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (sKqQm) 153
Milton Freidman said in one of his books:
"You can have open borders or a welfare system, but you can't have both." Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (w3u3d) 154
New name, same shit hole
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0) 155
83 Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF) It'll double the population when it lands. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (uWKK8) 156
141 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.
In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022. Posted by: Orson *shifty eyes* -Peking Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Dv3i1) 157
BabylonBee: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson arrived for work at the Supreme Court building this morning in the official, yellow SCOTUS short bus. Onlookers cheered as Jackson emerged from the bus, after several minutes of trying to figure out how to open the bus door. "Aw, look at her, all dressed up like a big girl," said local woman Jeannie Gordon. "It's so neat that the Supreme Court makes accommodations for people like Ketanji. I love that she gets to participate, just like anyone else. Oh look, they're even letting her put on a robe! So sweet."
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (RHGPo) 158
Rhodesia weeps.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:31 PM (mxcbL) Rhodesia was murdered. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (zZu0s) --- * runs through the door * * pants * * hands on knees * * finger in the air * Posted by: Dr. Quincy at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (krQz2) 159
92 Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Kiribati.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:23 PM (RIvkX) I've never even heard of that one, I had to map it. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (mxcbL) 160
Europe's going to blow their entire military budget defending Greenland.
Posted by: NCKate at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (uQzkA) 161
I wouldn't trust whatever the Department of State says. For too many decades they've been a leftist viper's nest. There will be too many dug-in employees there that will quietly subvert whatever conservative agenda is now in play, waiting for the leftist communist bastards to gain control again. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant =============== Dude. The word is: those visas are DENIED. It's easy to see if they're approved. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (Jxa0O) 162
The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU) ++++ You're making me want to cry. Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (2dlNj) —— A lot of rich Iranians and Nigerians did get visas to come here. Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:35 PM (iozMe) 163
I am still not tired of winning.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (qFwJc) Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (PSEDc) 165
I just saw a commercial for our wonderful First Lady's documentary film, and I hope theaters showing it have plenty of security on hand. Crazy people out there.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (gm9Sb) 166
The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM (ESVrU) And US scientists will be leaving the country to emigrate to Iran, Somalia and Haiti! Because of mean ol' Trump. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd) 167
does anybody know what's going on with the big Verizon crash today? (Service, not stock price).
Posted by: Paco -- Wondering the same No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (tnz8V) 168
The sole Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF) Someone noticed that the EU is now producing militaristic/patriotic propaganda and all the guys in it are "heteronormative white men". Some contrasted that with the "We Are Europe" memes and images the EU is producing where most of the people in them are Arabic, Asian, or Black... But the funniest response to 7 gruff look white guys all kitted up was, "This is like the only 7 full tactical gear sets they have on their whole continent" Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (sKqQm) 169
Newsom would totally have done this because he was an Anglo wife, you know, according to groypers who voted for Kamala and we have to listen to in order to appeal to Trump voters.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (GBKbO) 170
Casey Anthony, "America’s most hated mom," calls Minneapolis ICE shooting a crime, rips JD Vance for protecting ‘Gestapo’ agents
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (RHGPo) 171
I'd say 'keer-eh-bat-e'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (zZu0s) 172
How does one lawyer approve 700,000 H1B visas? How can the country absorb 700,000 Indians (and I assume their immediate families)?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Dv3i1) Build 700 hotels with 200 rooms each. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (uWKK8) 173
135 Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
Their not gonna like the outcome Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (VE6XX) 174
The sole Danish C130 headed to Greenland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:21 PM (A32KF) Moar accurate Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:33 PM Actually, the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has 4 C-130J aircraft, the exact same number as the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) has. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1) 175
TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.
In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske) Really? Are you gonna tell me next that Constantinople got the works? Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (dGCAG) 176
Absolutely not enough..
Posted by: Jack at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (jE5Mf) 177
"Eswatini is a new name for an old country, Swaziland"
****** Swaziland? That sounds like "swastika". Was Swaziland one of those African colonies the Germans had in Africa? Where General Romel was fighting angainst the Americans? I saw a show about that. "The Rat Patrol." Those Americans in their Jeeps did real good. Also where "Laurence of Arabia" was set. Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (wXOk6) 178
*shifty eyes*
-Peking Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:34 PM (Dv3i1) _____________________________ Also, Türkiye, it's pronounced Tur-Kee-Yay. The founding day had a whole lot of Muslims wearing skin tight suits doing the Pee Wee Herman dance. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (dIske) 179
Since it seems we're stuck with the Somalis, I wish Piper would do a fashion segment on them.
Posted by: Mr. Guy Of Beverly Hills ...... That should take about half a paragraph. Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (UjdFS) 180
Please delete the word 'pimp' from your AoSHQ vocabulary.
According to the Style Guide, we are Professional Pleasure Procurers. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Posted by: Professional Pleasure Procurers at January 14, 2026 05:25 PM (0sNs1) --- "Huggy" Squirrel from the Sunday Morning Book Thread hardest hit. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (ESVrU) 181
In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske) --- So it didn't really change it's name. It probably just corrected its spelling. Peking meet Beijing. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (krQz2) 182
Are you gonna tell me next that Constantinople got the works?
Posted by: BurtTC at Nobody cares except the jerks. Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (2J/Lj) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s) 184
Actually, the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has 4 C-130J aircraft, the exact same number as the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) has. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1) "Royal"?? As in, kings? I thought No Kings was the hot thing. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (tgvbd) 185
168 Many years ago, the Kingdom of Belgium let each soldier have one round of ammunition a year for marksmanship practice. Fritz and Karl came a knockin'.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (gm9Sb) 186
So this includes people visitiing on business or vacation, right? No more accidental Visa overstays! Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:30 PM (yvZQo) Every Irish bartender I knew from my drinking days was an illegal overstay. Every. One. However, there were a couple of hawt ones that I'd have seriously thought about marrying to give them a green card. But I had a personal flaw of too much integrity. My penis has hated me for YEARS over this issue. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (y9nCu) 187
141 TBH, I'm still confused as to how a country as large as Turkey can just change its name without fanfare.
In case you missed in, Turkey became Türkiye back in June of 2022. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske) So why did Turkey get the works? That's only the business of the Turks! Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (uWKK8) 188
Kirabati shares a large empty frontier with Shangri-La. Yaks out number humans 6-1.
Posted by: Yak Facts at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (oftw2) 189
115 The Iranian brain surgeons, Somali rocket scientists, and Haitian nuclear engineers are going to have to stay home and improve their home countries instead of contributing to ours.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:28 PM --- I met a university student from Iran in 1977. Westernized, happy to be here, a decent guy. Didn't like the shah. I wondered what happened to him after the ayatollahs took over. Probably thrown off a rooftop for visiting the US. Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (fMPEh) 190
"Huggy" Squirrel from the Sunday Morning Book Thread hardest hit.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM Dude never wears pants. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (0sNs1) 191
If you ever watch bodycam videos, there are criminals who actually believe they are "Home Safe" if they flee back to their house, or even near it.
------- Yep. My non-statistical sample of those viewed suggests that about 85% of those who believe such nonsense are female, and more than half are black. Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+) 192
What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.
Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c) 193
Perfect. Now make immigration easier for "right-wing" Euros fleeing tyranny.
Posted by: SamIam at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (cjT1m) 194
If Turkey suddenly changed to something like Jeehad, THAT would be a name-change. If they are just switching around the e and the y and adding a i in front, that's probably a spelling correction.
Like Keeeeeeeeev. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (krQz2) 195
2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho MACEDONIA MACEDONIA Why is your big head so hard? I'm in love with a woman, and Macedonia is her name Posted by: Louis "Miklos" Jordan at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (f/3mU) 196
I hope this means State can process immigration applications from good countries faster.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (tnz8V) 197
Irish accent on a girl is a natural substitute for viagra. Just don't listen to what they are saying, it's probably some liberal crap which counters any positive effects.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1) 198
167 Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage vmom deport deport deport Probably Chinese sabotage. Or Iranian. In any event, I was pretty sure I paid my bill, so that couldn't be it. Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (2L+MU) 199
What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.
Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM toby928(c) weeps. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (0sNs1) 200
What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.
Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c) --- KC wanted to shake that place up. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2) 201
Yep. My non-statistical sample of those viewed suggests that about 85% of those who believe such nonsense are female, and more than half are black. Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+) "Black Women Detained at Airport" videos provide hours of entertainment, albeit of the wincing type. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (tgvbd) 202
What was the guys nic who was a bartender? He caught a ban i think, although I missed it. Or flounced.
Also, has anyone seen Northernlurker lately? (he changed his nic slightly the last j saw.) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s) 203
So why did Turkey get the works? That's only the business of the Turks! Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 ----- You must be thinking of: https://tinyurl.com/4hkw2nmz Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (A55X+) 204
Also, has anyone seen Northernlurker lately? (he changed his nic slightly the last j saw.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s) And I haven't seen Stateless Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (VE6XX) 205
195 MACEDONIA
MACEDONIA Why is your big head so hard? I'm in love with a woman, and Macedonia is her name Loved Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five! You mean "Caledonia", of course. Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:44 PM (2L+MU) 206
Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage Posted by: vmom deport deport deport PAY YOUR BILL, MOM!! Posted by: Verizon Customer Support at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (3ek7K) Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (u6/wt) 210
Now we all know our President has a lot of fuckin' around money and a good sense of humor. Maybe he should buy that giant Trump animatron parade float that appeared in Italy (IIRC) and have the Navy and Marines put it ashore in Greenland for a rampage. A gentle rampage, tossing out bags of M&Ms and Slim Jims.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (gm9Sb) 211
I met a university student from Iran in 1977. Westernized, happy to be here, a decent guy. Didn't like the shah. I wondered what happened to him after the ayatollahs took over.
Probably thrown off a rooftop for visiting the US. Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (fMPEh) --- The Chancellor where I work is from Iran. He's also not a fan of the current government. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU) 212
What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.
Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c) --- KC wanted to shake that place up. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2) —— See above. The Blade’s got ya covered. Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (iozMe) 213
Irish accent on a girl is a natural substitute for viagra. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1) Yes it is. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (y9nCu) Posted by: Old jokes made new again at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (f/3mU) 215
A couple of Eswatini's will really make you want to shake Djibouti. You won't Kiribati anything.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (8JzZF) 216
And US scientists will be leaving the country to emigrate to Iran, Somalia and Haiti! Because of mean ol' Trump. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:36 PM (tgvbd) ++++ And the Trump-hating celebs never move to these places either. I wonder why. I know for a fact and have it on authority that the people who live in Iran, Somalia and Haiti are grand people. Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (2dlNj) 217
How about a 100 year moratorium on any immigration.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (zCHlf) 218
205 Loved Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five! You mean "Caledonia", of course.
"Caldonia", rather. Posted by: Paco at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (2L+MU) 219
How can we have the soccer World Cup if we don't allow all the Yemeni fans to attend?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 14, 2026 05:46 PM (u6/wt) 220
This is very bad news. Some of our best soft drink concentrates come from the Lubombo region as well as black market elephant tusks.
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS) 221
Every time I’ve gone to Canada land they ask me at the border where I’m going, what I’m doing, how long I plan to stay, where I’m staying and how I will support myself while im in the country.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (f9bGF) 222
Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
Their not gonna like the outcome ----- The conclusion will read "It was a Good shoot." Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (TN0g+) 223
I pray you're correct but evil never sleeps and this makes me uneasy.
Posted by: CaliGirl Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself. Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (WDjG6) 224
The trailer for Euphoria S3 has dropped. Sydney Sweeney's character is an OnlyFans model. HBO Max looking to boost the horny male viewership numbers.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney News Alert at January 14, 2026 05:32 PM (Y1sOo) I had heard dildos were involved. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s) 225
Sonic booms over Iraq?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (A32KF) 226
WTF? Os this No Driving Wednesday? What's with all the accidents? I haven't went 30 miles and I'm stuck in three.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (QGRvm) 227
I think it would be a good time for Donaldus Maximus to address the American people, making the following points:
1. We the People of the sovereign US have a border and a right to enforce it. 2. We passed laws to do just that in our duly elected Legislatures. 3. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (don't just call it "ICE" which is lefty demonization) is the lawful, and only way to do that. 4. The American people also just voted for this. 5. Those "obstructing" enforcement are breaking the law, and the social-political compact to abide by the results of our elections. 6. The leaders of "Open Borders" believe we live on "stolen land" and therefore have no right to our own border. 7. Call on Chucky Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries all Dem governors to say, clearly, that we do NOT live on "stolen land" and we HAVE the right to enforce our border. If they can't or won't, let the American people recognize them for the America haters they are. Posted by: Zek at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (5FPX4) 228
Just read the list, India not on it, but they should be for different types of fraud.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (n5tGW) 229
Aetius, you are thinking of Bitterclinger and Northern lurker has been around
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0KSrI) 230
The Chancellor where I work is from Iran. He's also not a fan of the current government.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (ESVrU) --- Used to have a good friend who was a Iranian professor, but deist--working in software. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (krQz2) 231
Has Keir Starmer been banned from the country yet?
By the way, I saw a report the other day the UAE will no longer pay for education in the UK for it's young people, for fear they would become too Islamist while in the country. If my Irony Meter wasn't broken, I would laugh. Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 05:48 PM (hKFfN) 232
*Shlurp*
Posted by: Conan O'Brien at January 14, 2026 05:49 PM (gKWVE) 233
India's economy is based on forfeited key deposits and stolen towel billing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:49 PM (gm9Sb) 234
Right. BC- but not BCochran. (This is how my mind works.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (zZu0s) 235
Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself.
Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (WDjG6) --- Amen, Whig. The real battle is already been won. And if you're the type that believes in the Millennial Kingdom, Jesus, as King, will settle all accounts. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (krQz2) 236
212 What, no mention of Djibouti? That one's fun to say.
Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:41 PM (VQC/c) --- KC wanted to shake that place up. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2) —— See above. The Blade’s got ya covered. Shoulda read the comments first. Rookie mistake. I'll see myself out. Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (VQC/c) 237
I met a university student from Iran in 1977. Westernized, happy to be here, a decent guy. Didn't like the shah. I wondered what happened to him after the ayatollahs took over. Probably thrown off a rooftop for visiting the US. Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 05:40 PM (fMPEh) ------- I knew an Iranian undergraduate at the time when the Shah was overthrown. Secular. Engineering student. I believe he was a socialist. The overthrow didn't work out so well for the socialists. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 05:50 PM (xVn4c) 238
A Federal court ruled that CA can go ahead with their steal, I mean redistricting....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (VE6XX) 239
London is the new Medina.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (gKWVE) 240
30 The Chancellor where I work is from Iran. He's also not a fan of the current government.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel You know who else was an Aryan Chancellor? Posted by: Two Coats! One Afternoon! at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (oftw2) 241
London is the new Medina.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (gKWVE) --- Only funky and cold. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:51 PM (krQz2) 242
I liked the Deffs-to-da-shah Iranians at college a lot more than the we-only-want-our-land Palestinian whiners.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (jc0TO) 243
You're not supposed to get an immigrant visa if you will be on welfare, and you're supposed to have a sponsor who agrees to pay if you DO get on welfare.
My guess is these are all accepted as asylees or refugees which can still get welfare. Posted by: coba at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (IuIym) 244
226 WTF? Os this No Driving Wednesday? What's with all the accidents? I haven't went 30 miles and I'm stuck in three. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (QGRvm) I saw more law enforcement out than usual today in NW Arkansas. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (FMtrg) 245
⌛️
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 05:52 PM (g47mK) 246
There has been a leak of Trump's private medical information, and Bobby, Jr confirmed. POTUS has some very abnormal test results. His testosterone is way off the charts. I mean it's higher than any doctor has likely ever seen before. I mean, he's got T like you wouldn't believe. YUGE T, man. Seriously, RFK, Jr. said that..... Now, watch the AWFLs heads explode. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (w6EFb) 247
Take the money and run.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (A32KF) 248
233 India's economy is based on forfeited key deposits and stolen towel billing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, Bill, you will not curry favor in this manner. Posted by: Patel Family Buffet at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (oftw2) 249
The conclusion will read "It was a Good shoot."
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (TN0g+) --- That was probably not going to be the conclusion of the 7 prosecutors who flew to Minnesota to prosecute this case. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (krQz2) 250
Just read the list, India not on it, but they should be for different types of fraud.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk I am unable for assisting with such issue Posted by: "Greg" from the Bangalore Centre of Most Excellence at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (f/3mU) 251
I miss Bitter Clinger. Hope all is well.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (FMtrg) 252
248 Sorry, "Kenny".
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (gm9Sb) 253
Anyone tired of all the winning yet?
As long as we understand that Winning does not include arresting and prosecuting the criminals and because of the feckless retards in Congress, will be instantly reversed once Trump leaves office because nothing will be codified. If we are cool with that, bring on more Winning! Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (PVBkQ) 254
206 Wondering the same
No bars at all at home, but other spots have coverage Posted by: vmom deport deport deport PAY YOUR BILL, MOM!! Posted by: Verizon Customer Support at January 14, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2) Wish I'd thought of this when the sales girl stopped by my office to ask why her phone wasn't working! Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 05:55 PM (VQC/c) 255
Chy na should be on the list! I protest!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 05:56 PM (WONhk) 256
End citizen babies and in 10 years Medicaid is cut by 50%
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 05:56 PM (gbOdA) 257
India's economy is based on forfeited key deposits and stolen towel billing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas You are quite right indeed, Sir! Posted by: The Punjabi Ed McMahon at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (f/3mU) 258
227, endorsed!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (Cjt/F) 259
Just add up the suck from people on public charge.
Cut it from their Foreign Aids. Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (gbOdA) 260
I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Used to be called Swaziland. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM (8avO+) 261
Can't we let them all in?
They will, like little Einsteins, solve the cold fusion enigma while we sleep comfortably in our warm beds. Or if you prefer, we can greenlight a Manhattan Project II and let the muslims in charge of NYC there give us perpetual motion. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (BSdIE) 262
Eswatini.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Used to be called Swaziland. Posted by: Oldcat Maybe They Might Be Giants will come out of retirement to write a new song Posted by: a Miklos can hope at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (f/3mU) 263
I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Used to be called Swaziland. Posted by: Oldcat Hold on. Reports are coming in. Eswatini is changing it's name. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (QGRvm) 264
1 strike
If you cheat a Big Govt system then you get nothing. Put their Names on the wall of the hospital and turn them away. No EBT. No Section 8. Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (gbOdA) 265
I think I am agreeing with CJN Speaks, President Trump is trolling Europe
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0) 266
Eastwatiti?
Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F) 267
Hold on. Reports are coming in. Eswatini is changing it's name. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 05:59 PM (QGRvm) Going forward, it will known as "Elvis". Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (tgvbd) 268
A third-party employee working at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas was fired after she posted a video identifying ICE agents who were staying at the hotel.
Patrons should not have to fear for their safety when frequenting Dallas businesses. Hilton has been taking some hits this last week. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (QGRvm) 269
266 Eastwatiti?
Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F) Eastwatiti titi titi dum titi do Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (VE6XX) 270
I heard a new country I'd never heard of a few days ago.
Eswatini. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 05:16 PM (uWKK Used to be called Swaziland. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 05:57 PM The Land of Chocolate? Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (jc0TO) Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 06:01 PM (KAi1n) 272
Going forward, it will known as "Elvis".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh let me guess They need boats Posted by: Mojo Miklos-Milhous Nixon at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (f/3mU) 273
That this wasn't done 60 years ago is a disgrace.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (XMwZJ) 274
Fun Facts:
Eswatini remains the only absolute monarchy in Africa. Kangz! King Mswati and his family travels the world in luxury while 7 in 10 of his 1.2 million subjects live in abject poverty Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (UjdFS) 275
Seriously, RFK, Jr. said that..... Now, watch the AWFLs heads explode.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 05:53 PM (w6EFb) This should be the next round of romance novel covers. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (zYpTz) 276
Bill, you will not curry favor in this manner.
Posted by: Patel Family Buffet That pun is just saag. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 06:02 PM (mlg/3) Posted by: Ray Nagin , rare convicted dem at January 14, 2026 06:03 PM (f/3mU) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:03 PM (tgvbd) 279
But what if they call him a racist now... ?
This is what happens when you empty the mag without putting the target down (so to speak). Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 06:03 PM (E0p3T) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:04 PM (w6EFb) 281
Was Swaziland one of those African colonies the Germans had in Africa? Where General Romel was fighting angainst the Americans? I saw a show about that. "The Rat Patrol." Those Americans in their Jeeps did real good.
Also where "Laurence of Arabia" was set. Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 05:38 PM (wXOk6) No, that was Tanzania. And it wasn't Rommel, it was Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. Rommel was fighting in former Italian colonies. Posted by: Oldcat at January 14, 2026 06:05 PM (8avO+) 282
Fun Facts:
Eswatini remains the only absolute monarchy in Africa. Kangz! King Mswati and his family travels the world in luxury while 7 in 10 of his 1.2 million subjects live in abject poverty Posted by: wth Simple solution. Next time they leave to travel, just change the fucking locks. That way you can't get back in. Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:06 PM (QGRvm) 283
One of Eswatini's tourist attractions is Sheba's Breast Hiking Trail.
Others include hunting endangered big game animals and procuring child slave labor. Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS) 284
I think I am agreeing with CJN Speaks, President Trump is trolling Europe Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0) You come at the King, you best not miss... Posted by: Zombie Omar Little at January 14, 2026 06:06 PM (y9nCu) 285
lol
- Some Judge in NYC or Boston Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:07 PM (kgFPv) 286
Just put out on TruthSocial: President Trump puts out a readout of his call with Venezuela's interim president.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:07 PM (QGRvm) 287
>>>Isn't an Eswatini what a 45-year-old cougar in a tight leopard-print dress orders at a bar?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh >How you doing? Looking for company, sweet cheeks? Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:07 PM (BSdIE) 288
> That this wasn't done 60 years ago is a disgrace.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent -------- At some point, long ago, our political betters discovered how to take your tax dollars and run massive fraud schemes to line their own pockets. It is, without a doubt, the largest theft of wealth in the world. Trillions of dollars. Over decades. If you ever paid taxes, you were 100% ripped off. Each and every time you wrote that check to the IRS. And I'm not even going into all the other scams the politicos were running. That there are not 525 bodies hanging from lamp-posts in the Capitol City is the real, undeniable crime here. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (NwnyJ) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (tgvbd) 290
Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself. Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 05:47 PM (WDjG6) Thank you for that! Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (AywZy) 291
Eva Vladingerbro-whatever having a nice glass of Eswatini:
https://is.gd/wSfdoL Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley Dutch I'd let her wear wooden shoes in bed Posted by: Miklos thinks the Knocking Boots part could get loud at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (f/3mU) Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:08 PM (y9nCu) 293
Isn't an Eswatini what a 45-year-old cougar in a tight leopard-print dress orders at a bar?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh >How you doing? Looking for company, sweet cheeks? ----- I bet AI could do a great version of Beavis & Butthead & Bill Clinton. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (TN0g+) 294
One of Eswatini's gifts to the world is teaching chilluns work ethic and geology.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (gm9Sb) 295
266 Eastwatiti?
Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 06:00 PM (vFG9F) The Witches of Estwatini. Posted by: NC Dave at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (VQC/c) 296
The fact that 82% of Somalis in the US are on some sort of state assistance by no means throws shade on the remaining 18%
Posted by: Kindltot - Sí se podan at January 14, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR) 297
German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh *adjusts monocle* Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at January 14, 2026 06:10 PM (f/3mU) 298
German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Once past the Herrero, they were actually pretty decent colonizers. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (rbvCR) 299
One of Eswatini's gifts to the world is teaching chilluns work ethic and geology.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door ........ also crime and yellow fever. Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (UjdFS) 300
The Germans were actually friendly with their colonials. Many fought for them.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (A32KF) 301
German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh *adjusts monocle* Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at January 14, 2026 06:10 PM (f/3mU) Meh. Posted by: Zombie Leopold II of Belgium at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (y9nCu) 302
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Eva Vladingerbro-whatever having a nice glass of Eswatini: https://is.gd/wSfdoL Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:04 PM (w6EFb) ----- That is one heckuva set of stems. Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (3BwY8) 303
The 18% not in welfare are probably kids who can’t technically be on welfare. But I’d bet 100% of Somalian households collect a Bennie check or 2 or 7.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (kgFPv) 304
Has anyone said, "shannot" yet? Go 47!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 06:11 PM (YlWIZ) 305
The Germans were actually friendly with their colonials. Many fought for them.
Posted by: Boss Moss Eastern front? Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (QGRvm) 306
Wouldn't it be easier to just turn off ALL visas from everywhere, and then have the nations that want to send folks here supplicate themselves to reopen the spigot?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 05:08 PM (dGCAG) The countries whose people you want to see here probably don't want their industrious and productive citizens emigrating. They need them to support the welfare state at home. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (8zz6B) 307
289 BTW look up Danish (you know, Tivoli, Little Mermaid statue, King on a bicycle) treatment of subjects in colonial times.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (gm9Sb) 308
$38T debt we should be processing ZERO visas. Stay the fuck home. We’re full.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:13 PM (kgFPv) 309
BTW look up Danish (you know, Tivoli, Little Mermaid statue, King on a bicycle) treatment of subjects in colonial times. Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 06:12 PM (gm9Sb) Not to mention modern Denmark's treatment of Greenlanders. See the film Smilla's Sense of Snow Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (y9nCu) 310
Take a look at Canada's rules for tourist visas. They reject people for having DUIs.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 14, 2026 05:12 PM (+bUE So does USA. If you are white. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (8zz6B) 311
223 I pray you're correct but evil never sleeps and this makes me uneasy.
Posted by: CaliGirl Take heart, I bring you good news, Jesus has already won by conquering death--that the evil cannot ever stop. So the main question is how we justify our existence on Earth to get to everlasting salvation. We do it via grace and demonstrating that we are taking up the cross ourself. Piven and Cloward never got that because Commies worship an idol named government. Posted by: whig --------- * Fist Bump * Amen brother, Amen Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (+ldAm) 312
Hilton itself didn’t do the ice stuff.
Rogue employed and shitty franchisees did. And to Hilton’s credit they acted quickly and decisively. Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:14 PM (kgFPv) 313
King Mswati and his family travels the world in luxury while 7 in 10 of his 1.2 million subjects live in abject poverty
Posted by: wth It's good to be King! Posted by: Mattress King at January 14, 2026 06:15 PM (oftw2) 314
>>>German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh *adjusts monocle* Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck >Field Marshal Rommel tried his best to corral those pesky Africans but there was too much sand. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:15 PM (BSdIE) 315
yo
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:15 PM (ZcsJV) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:16 PM (XeU6L) 317
The countries whose people you want to see here probably don't want their industrious and productive citizens emigrating. They need them to support the welfare state at home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon The 50,000/year Lottery Visa program originally earmarked half to Irish (Ted *spit* Kennedy). That was partially ended because the Irish government asked to end that, did not want to export any more people to America. Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at January 14, 2026 06:16 PM (f/3mU) 318
Trump's gonna take Greenland away from the Danes and deliver a case of cookie tins to every American taxpayer.
Posted by: And A Pressed Ham at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (oftw2) 319
Yeah I know someone who was denied entry to Canuckistan because of a DUI. I think the rule is 10 years.
I once flew to Vancouver on bidness and was I inyegorgayed by the Sikh (of course) customs guy at the airport. Kept asking me if I was planning on working in Canada long term. I was tempted to say yeah sure buddy, work for 65 cents on the dollar earning Canuck bucks and then pay 50% tax. Where do sign up? Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (kgFPv) Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (ZcsJV) 321
Nick just dropped his latest and manages to piss off every MPLS Somali: https://tinyurl.com/585azbjs
Posted by: beckster at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (I7J98) 322
@161/Blonde Morticia: "Dude. The word is: those visas are DENIED. It's easy to see if they're approved."
I've seen too much back-stabbing and gamesmanship from State. I can't view them with anything but a jaundiced eye. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (O7YUW) 323
Well it's the old squirrel story all over again. Make the bird see available to the birds....and the squirrels will hoover all of it up.
Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (LHPAg) 324
German colonial rule in Africa was... unpleasant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh *adjusts monocle* Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck ---------- Discussion of S. Africa would be boering. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 06:18 PM (XeU6L) 325
318 Trump's gonna take Greenland away from the Danes and deliver a case of cookie tins to every American taxpayer.
Posted by: And A Pressed Ham at January 14, 2026 06:17 PM (oftw2) _________________________ Those cookies are made in India, and you DON'T want to see how. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske) 326
Hilton itself didn’t do the ice stuff.
Rogue employed and shitty franchisees did. And to Hilton’s credit they acted quickly and decisively. Posted by: Really?? Had the pock marks from the bullet holes behind the parking garage patched up the next day? Posted by: Miklos, no you can't have a blindfold or a last vape at January 14, 2026 06:19 PM (f/3mU) 327
They really should stop importing people to give our money to. What kind of sorry ass country thinks this is a good thing?
Where is our STUPID sign? Posted by: Case at January 14, 2026 06:19 PM (4rWc3) 328
Public charge rule has been on the books since a real legal framework for immigration was created in the US. It just hasn’t been enforced.
First wave of Eritrean immigrants was AFAIK generally industrious - cab drivers, small businesses. Things must have changed. Visited Eritrea decades ago, fantastic trip. Adventure vs. 5-star style, but great. Posted by: rhomboid at January 14, 2026 06:20 PM (S5W8S) 329
2nd Coolest country name no one can pronounce: Macedonia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX) Mass'donia, Mass'donia, what makes your big head so hard? Posted by: rejected Louis Jordan lyric at January 14, 2026 06:20 PM (8zz6B) 330
I've seen too much back-stabbing and gamesmanship from State. I can't view them with anything but a jaundiced eye.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant NO YELLOW Posted by: Hunter B. at January 14, 2026 06:20 PM (f/3mU) 331
>>>Got home and found a shipment from Funk Night Records at the door.
Good day. Posted by: garrett >Might be a good night for some Bootsy Collins. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (BSdIE) 332
I don't know if any of you are watching the Iranian Foreign Minister being interviewed by Bret Baier, but he just claimed that it's not the IRGC shooting at civilians...it's the Zionists, impersonating Iranian soldiers.
Other than that, he's just echoing Democrat talking points. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I) 333
I don't know if any of you are watching the Iranian Foreign Minister being interviewed by Bret Baier, but he just claimed that it's not the IRGC shooting at civilians...it's the Zionists, impersonating Iranian soldiers.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I) --- I rate this as true! Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 14, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 06:22 PM (w6EFb) 335
Are the Eswatinians eating the cats?
Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 06:23 PM (UjdFS) 336
Other than that, he's just echoing Democrat talking points.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I) OMG, Abbas Araghchi is supporting Gavin? Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:23 PM (rbvCR) 337
Other than that, he's just echoing Democrat talking points.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I) Huh. Isn't that odd. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s) 338
Via GP: Germany to send troops to Greenland...this week. Mission to determine what supporting Greenland militarily might look like.
My guess on the outcome: "Cold." Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (TN0g+) 339
Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck
---------- Discussion of S. Africa would be boering. Posted by: Mike Hammer Elon does own The Boring Company. Posted by: Miklos out-points at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (f/3mU) 340
This interview is a complete waste of time.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (viF8m) 341
Gesundtheit.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (A32KF) 342
Foreign Minister Derka Derka just doubled down on the Israelis being responsible for the killings insider Iran.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:24 PM (qwx/I) 343
Saint Tropez Orchestra : Themes et Atmospheres vol two
I have been waiting for this re-Issue to come out for about 18 months. Sounds fantastic. Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 06:25 PM (ZcsJV) 344
333 I don't know if any of you are watching the Iranian Foreign Minister being interviewed by Bret Baier, but he just claimed that it's not the IRGC shooting at civilians...it's the Zionists, impersonating Iranian soldiers.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 06:21 PM (qwx/I) ___________________________ Personally, I found it telling that as soon as the lead judge in Iran issued the statement that the country's chaos must cease by any means necessary, the shootings started. Interestingly, at the time that statement was issued, he had no case in front of him. It was just a message that the IRG would not be prosecuted for outright murder of protesters. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 06:25 PM (dIske) 345
NOOD
Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 14, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Islamic Republic News Services at January 14, 2026 06:26 PM (g47mK) 347
Germany going to fight on 2 fronts, Greenland and Ukraine
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0) 348
Oprah claims she has an "obesity gene" that makes her overeat
- I've got a lazy gene that makes me . . . Well, I'd tell you but I need to rest first. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 14, 2026 06:27 PM (L/fGl) 349
This interview is a complete waste of time.
Posted by: JackStraw I didn't want the stupid job anyway Although substituting Rorschach blots for actual pron was pretty cool Posted by: Miklos lost his daycare job at January 14, 2026 06:28 PM (f/3mU) 350
Oh. Hay. Apparently Five Iranian banks are on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran's three largest banks and the primary bank for the IRGC and Iranian military.
I bet there was a loss of liquidity with those embargoed oil tankers and the blowed up cocaine boats. I bet President Delcy Rodriguez is forwarding all the frantic collection calls to the White House at the moment. Posted by: Kindltot - Si, se podan at January 14, 2026 06:29 PM (rbvCR) 351
GP: Germany to send troops to Greenland...this week. Mission to determine what supporting Greenland militarily might look like. I rather suspect that the US currently has more military in Greenland at Thule than Denmark has in the rest of the territory. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (y9nCu) 352
Those cookies are made in India, and you DON'T want to see how. Posted by: Orson Yeah, I've heard how they make donuts and bagels over there. Posted by: Bombay Bakery at January 14, 2026 06:38 PM (oftw2) 353
Wait...how could anyone on a VISA, by definition a temporary entry permit, be allowed to apply for, much less receive, welfare payments? Who/what/where is this being allowed? Why would even leftists in blue states think this was acceptable?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 06:49 PM (XMwZJ) 354
Apparently Five Iranian banks are on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran's three largest banks and the primary bank for the IRGC and Iranian military.
Old and busted: Boston Tea Party The New Hotness: Tehran Foam Party Posted by: ask not for whom the tea bags at January 14, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE) 355
There should be no visas issued for life. State does this. Image issuing a visa to a 3 year old child-for life.
Visas shouldn't be issued to most African countries; countries with drug economies; Islamic countries. Posted by: TJ jackson at January 14, 2026 07:10 PM (bXvrr) 356
They Cloward-Pivened everything.
Posted by: CaliGirl I would like to see Cloward, Piven, and Ayres up against a wall... Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 14, 2026 08:31 PM (i6ikI) 357
"data show the contrast is stark: about 81 percent of Somali-headed households in the state receive welfare benefits—many drawing Medicaid, food assistance, or cash aid—compared with just 21 percent of native-born Minnesotans, a gap the administration argues is unsustainable."
We are not arguing it is unsustainable - it IS unsustainable. I'd also look at the years when these people came over. Most of these immigrants arrived in the early 2000s. 25 years later, they are still drawing public assistance. Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 14, 2026 08:33 PM (tV890) 358
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For More… https://light2w0rk887.blogspot.com/ Posted by: HOME PROFIT at January 15, 2026 10:51 AM (+f+s1) The Islamist United Kingdom Bans Scalding Hot Commentator Eva Vlaadingerbroek From Entering the Country Even As It Welcomes a Radical Hamas-Supporting Muslim Hate CultistQueer Starmer has ended free speech in the UK. Meanwhile, Queer Starmer is blocking an effort to outlaw first cousin-marriage in the UK -- which didn't previously need to be outlawed, because the actual British population long ago stopped doing it -- to appease his last bastion of diehard supporters, Muslim migrants. . In the UK, 4% of infant deaths are caused by birth defects stemming from first-cousin marriages--about three times the rate of deaths from substance abuse.Despite the obvious health issues associated with the practice, the National Health Service, as a sign of support for the Muslim community, published a report on the benefits of first-cousin marriages. I kid you not. The NHS has been urged to apologise for publishing an article extolling the benefits of first-cousin marriage despite the increased risk of birth defects. The article published last week by the NHS England's Genomics Education Programme says first-cousin marriage is linked to "stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages". But the practice has also been linked to oppression of women and also has a proven increased risk of genetic disease in offspring of first-cousin relationships. Richard Holden, the Tory MP, told the Mail On Sunday: "Our NHS should stop taking the knee to damaging and oppressive cultural practices. "The Conservatives want to see an end to cousin marriage as a backdoor to immigration too, but Labour are deaf to these sensible demands. "Sir Keir Starmer should stop running scared of the misogynistic community controllers and their quislings who appear in the form of cultural relativist-obsessed sociology professors, and ban a practice the overwhelming majority, from every community in Britain, want to see ended for good."Yes, you read that right. The NHS admits that first-cousin marriage is terrible for health, but should be praised because it is good for "extended family support and economic advantages." I guess that is why the British Muslim community is so culturally healthy. Can we get a similar explanation for why child marriage is good for the economic viability of the families who sell their daughters to wealthy men? Linda Duberley Christine Hardman
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Hello Posted by: fourseasons at January 14, 2026 03:51 PM (3ek7K) 3
Partly cloudy.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (A32KF) 4
I called the others
Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:52 PM (Vi0YE) Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (g078z) Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (N39Ws) 7
They didn’t listen. : -(
Posted by: Ann at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Vi0YE) 8
Gray within grey boxes…
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Mxf84) 9
Its all gray through and through.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 14, 2026 03:54 PM (VkY89) 10
Starmer is just another cog in the GloboHomo machine.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (TezPK) 11
Starmer, and that feckless degenerate King.
As someone who spent a long time stationed in the UK, I cannot believe we still maintain our bases, let alone our nukes there. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (qwx/I) 12
That’s OK, Eva. I will be glad to host you anytime.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ) Posted by: Ubik, use only as directed at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (1ZMl5) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (y79kU) 15
London fog Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (Jxa0O) 16
Everything Turns Gray is a great song by Agent Orange.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (0bjKf) 17
Goodbye England
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0) 18
It's a very gray day here.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (qFwJc) 19
We should withdraw all of our troops and nuclear weapons from the UK and end our "Special relationship."
It endured for quite a while and we were happy to help you lot not fall to the Nazis, but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun." Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY8) 20
And we all know why the Beeb isn't giving airtime to what's going on in Iran. If what I'm reading is true, it's absolutely ghastly, and in keeping with the tenets of Islam.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (qwx/I) 21
Fudge packing midget to play Jim Rochford.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (A32KF) 22
Remember, remember the fifth of November.
Come on Brits. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (vzcgi) 23
Boy once you are no longer the world's kingpin the fall can happen pretty quickly. So what will the new name of the country be? The UK - England is dead.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (GZYu7) 24
but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun."
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY Hookers at least get paid. Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (Mxf84) 25
First cousins marrying? The British only stopped doing that what 50 years ago?
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (qFwJc) 26
Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t) 27
US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/) 28
She is truly "hotter than a Rolex in a pawn shop."
Posted by: T-Lo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (gIVSr) 29
The Yookay is an Islamic State.
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iXqHn) 30
That’s OK, Eva. I will be glad to host you anytime.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ) Errrrr Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (g078z) 31
This post needs more pics.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (/lPRQ) Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (krQz2) 33
If the Iranian government falls, the UK is going to be a far more pro-Islamic country than Iran will be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uWKK8) 34
US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Elon. Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t) 35
I posted this yesterday, Ace you should check this out.
There is a recent clip of Konstantin Kisin saying that, basically, it is too late for UK and it will become an islamic state, but he thinks it can somehow become a moderate and tolerant islamic state. Wow. So like, "real islam has never been tried" and 1400 years of attempts were not proof that it can not work (TBF, he brinks up Uzbekistan, like that applies.) (I can find clip in asked.) Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (n2ZBr) 36
She's obviously a nazi... I mean look at the grey uniform.
Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (53oGX) 37
her presence is "not considered to be conducive to the public good,"
...... I beg to disagree. Just seeing her walk down the street is of great benefit to humanity. Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS) 38
UK has been lost for a long time.
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (qz889) 39
I'm actually fine with the UK saying she can't come. It perfectly illustrates the very obvious point that a country can choose to admit or not admit whomever it wants for whatever reason. I disagree that this woman should have been denied access, but whatever, following the UK's lead, CLOSE OUR BORDERS TO ALL LEFTISTS.
Posted by: DPICM at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (zweKz) 40
Eva looks nice, England is doomed, she should comd to America
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0) 41
Box status returned to normal.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Mxf84) 42
US States used to allow it - I am not sure if Kentucky still does, they were the last one still allowing the last time I saw anything about the practice.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (GZYu7) 43
I shall call her Eve Eyechart
Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (YwEeS) 44
26 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t) ----- Watch for the left here in the US to do the same thing if they ever regain the levers of power. We'll be lucky to survive it, just as the Brits will show us over the next couple of years. Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (3BwY8) 45
19 We should withdraw all of our troops and nuclear weapons from the UK and end our "Special relationship."
It endured for quite a while and we were happy to help you lot not fall to the Nazis, but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun." Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY That's probably what Greenland is for... Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (53oGX) 46
Europe is, I have told you, all fascist.
They defeated the Nazis to adopt a gentler version of their politics, which gradually--because they weren't like those Nazis--became like them. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (krQz2) 47
33 If the Iranian government falls, the UK is going to be a far more pro-Islamic country than Iran will be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uWKK A _Nuclear_ Islamic State. Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iXqHn) 48
US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Elon. ----- I'd wager Elon is already very careful about where he travels. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (TN0g+) 49
We should withdraw all of our troops and nuclear weapons from the UK and end our "Special relationship."
It endured for quite a while and we were happy to help you lot not fall to the Nazis, but selling yourselves out like street hookers to the hordes of Muslim invaders is a crisis of your own making. The United States says "Good luck, have fun." Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:56 PM (3BwY I agree. Besides everything else, threatening to arrest American citizens for posting speech they don't like should have been met with harsh consequences. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (KDPiq) 50
AfterTrump ought to make the UK a colony of ours.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (ULPxl) 51
In before That Guy Who Always Says Actually She's a Walmart 5 Because Her Neck Has a Patch on It That Looks Like It Could Have Once Been Dry Skin
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (g078z) 52
26 Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t) under his Energy Secretary Ed Millband, they are betting all of the UK's economic future on Net Zero. there's not going to be any economy left by the time they have the next election. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (uWKK8) 53
The NHS admits that first-cousin marriage is terrible for health, but should be praised because it is good for "extended family support and economic advantages." _________ Whew! Posted by: Victoria and Albert at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0) 55
I would let her come.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:00 PM (g078z) 56
>>> 27 US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/) CBD? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ULPxl) 57
So what I think is that the UK intelligentsia have accepted their islamic fate.
I guess they are hoping the alligator eats them last. This is like the US courts (Standing to laches to moot) (*) Islamification always goes from not-your-problem, to benign, to "too late." (*) this is play on Tinker to Evers to Chance for those who know. Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (n2ZBr) 58
She is gorgeous.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (sAmhv) 59
As someone posted, Tehran will be safer for Jews by this time next year than London, Paris or New York City.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (HXT0k) 60
"Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conductive to the public good."
--- Right back at you, Queer. Queer Stormfront. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (krQz2) 61
>>> 47 33 If the Iranian government falls, the UK is going to be a far more pro-Islamic country than Iran will be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uWKK A _Nuclear_ Islamic State. Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iXqHn) Yay! Posted by: Pakistan at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (ULPxl) 62
My kid in London is part of the problem. He sees no issues at all with the invading horde as he and his family are largely insulated from the dangers (private security detail).
Loves Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) and suffers greatly from TDS. Like O'Rourke and all the other privileged left, he travels the world, but yet is willfully blind to things around him. Still votes he though - if it was up to me . . . . . Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (cYBz/) 63
Cousin marriage wasn't really a thing with the lower classes. It was big with the upper classes because they were adamant about keeping wealth within the family.
When idiocy became prevalent, they had to let it go. Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (qFwJc) 64
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 03:59 PM (3BwY8
We have a couple of safeguards that Britain doesn't have so it will take a black swan event to have that happen here. Covid was close to a black swan event . Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq) 65
I think this would have a deleterious effect on the canonical English breakfast, what with the bacon and pork snausages, and pork and beans and all.
Fried bread can be halal, i think. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (X919G) 66
1984 a how to guide.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (A32KF) 67
Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes A good question is when or will there be a next election. Labour has successfully postponed/rescheduled 63 local council elections . They are now pushed to 27 or 28. Most of those council districts are currently held by Labour. They were poised to get shellaced in most of them. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (vzcgi) 68
Everything Turns Gray is a great song by Agent Orange.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell Yes it is. https://tinyurl.com/43a258ka Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (0u5+H) 69
The UK is truly done and finished. It's a sad state of affairs but it's self inflicted.
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (Q0yOR) 70
It was so scandalous in England when Jerry Lee Lewis took his cousin/wife there that he had to cancel his British tour after just a few shows.
Posted by: Mark1971 at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (CNl8/) 71
Eva Vlaardingerbroek; Of course he banned her, she's a feminine woman, the thing (and he does think she's a thing) he fears most in this life. The curse of England to get a man's testosterone up. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (y79kU) 72
Also, Eva Vladingerwhatever is teh hawt.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (3BwY8) 73
Starmer clearly has gone full YOLO. He's destroying the left's viability in the UK for the next 50 years. The only question is how much more damage he'll do before they lose the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t) I believe that Parliament is about to pass laws making it a crime to be a member of any political party other than Labour, rename the post of Prime Minister to "General Secretary of the Central Committee", make the UK a colony of the EU, and agree to allow any 3rd world person to freely rape British women - without consequence. Oh, and they'll execute you for mentioning it. Glad they're our allies. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (ExV1e) Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (aZm/F) 75
I take it Starmers election isn't until he destroys the country a bit more
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0) 76
The NHS admits that first-cousin marriage is terrible for health, but should be praised because it is good for "extended family support and economic advantages."
--- Well, those rape gangs need new recruits! Young British girls of European descent aren't going to rape themselves. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (krQz2) 77
Special Relationship
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (pkeXY) 78
I'd bang that.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (pLaQB) 79
This is the only site on the Net where all the men know how to spell Eva Vlaardingerbroek without looking it up.
Posted by: Except Ace at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (oftw2) 80
Okay, The Blade will be the first one to ask: is this real?
That screenshot she posted does not look like something a government agency would send. It nicely (and gratuitously) explains that there is no appeal and includes a reason for denial that's oddly worded. This does not look like any notification I ever got from any government. It looks like something created for media consumption. This could well be true. But The Blade is putting the 48 Hour Rule into effect. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/) 81
Starmer will come.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (krQz2) 82
The NHS went on to state that although female circumcision is terrible for health, and stoning adulterers and executing homosexuals is a bit excessive, they should be praised because they are good for "extended family support and have economic advantages."
Posted by: BBC Tomorrow at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (jGJov) 83
11 Starmer, and that feckless degenerate King.
As someone who spent a long time stationed in the UK, I cannot believe we still maintain our bases, let alone our nukes there. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie I spent a few years at RAF Croughton. Its a rather important site, military wise. Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (sAmhv) 84
>>> 62 My kid in London is part of the problem. He sees no issues at all with the invading horde as he and his family are largely insulated from the dangers (private security detail).
Loves Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) and suffers greatly from TDS. Like O'Rourke and all the other privileged left, he travels the world, but yet is willfully blind to things around him. Still votes he though - if it was up to me . . . . . Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (cYBz/) If your permanent residence is outside of the US you have no business voting. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (ULPxl) 85
Scalding hot indeed!
The UK is fucked. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (aZm/F) --- What? Proper fucked? Posted by: Tommy at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (krQz2) 86
We have a couple of safeguards that Britain doesn't have so it will take a black swan event to have that happen here.
Covid was close to a black swan event . Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq) ---- Those safeguards will mean precisely Fuck and All when the left runs roughshod over them and the judiciary says "Oh well!" You have far more faith in our crumbling institutions than I. Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (3BwY8) 87
US citizens travelling to UK also need an ETA, I think. I wonder who will be the first dastardly American to have their ETA cancelled or denied. Anyone placing a bet?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/) CBD? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ULPxl) _________ Well, if the Frogs are OK with him .... Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/) 88
Fried bread can be halal, i think.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, --------- I like toast with butter and honey. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (y79kU) 89
We thought time had revealed Idiocracy to be a documentary but actually it was a fantasy.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (g078z) 90
UK banned Michael Savage many years ago.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (pkeXY) 91
Typo in the headline. How could anyone misspell Vlaardingerbroek?
Wiki says she's Dutch. Came to prominence standing up for the Dutch farmers. You may recall that the Dutch government wanted to halve the cattle population in the Netherlands to reduce their awful influence on global warming. Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (8mulE) 92
We have a couple of safeguards that Britain doesn't have so it will take a black swan event to have that happen here.
Covid was close to a black swan event . Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq) As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (uWKK8) 93
66 1984 a how to guide.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:03 PM (A32KF) Anthony Burgess wrote a sequel, entitled 1985, where he imagines a Britain co-ruled by Islam and Trade Unions. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:06 PM (X919G) 94
Starmer is a cigarette.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:07 PM (A32KF) 95
You guys are such sexest pigs. I am ashamed.
Check out Catalina Lauf who is running to replace Byron Donalds who is running for Florida governor. Great googly moogly. Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 04:07 PM (viF8m) 96
Fried bread can be halal, i think.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, --- Halal is all about strangling a steer to death. It's not just a Muslim version of kosher. Bacon is haram, and that's it. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:07 PM (krQz2) 97
Eva looks good from behind, too.
Posted by: Checked All The Angles at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (oftw2) 98
I love how well she speaks English, with virtually no accent.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (77rzZ) 99
Do we still consider Less Britain an ally?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (jc0TO) 100
Was she going for the dental care or the food?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (A32KF) 101
I know I could look it up, but it is the start of my few productive hours of a cold winter day.
What is the process to have the PM stand down and go away? Why is everyone there afraid of this weenie? He always looks like a scared bunny before the fox has him for lunch...then pukes due to some illness of the bunny. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk) 102
Anytime a person or group or country wants to ban something simply because they disagree with what that something is saying you know that that person or group or country is an asshole.
Posted by: I Ban You at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (GlDYx) 103
Until the ethnic British people (yeah, I said that) rise up and push back HARD against Starmer and the rest of his ilk, England will be lost.
Really sounds like they need another civil war. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (WsJuq) 104
Anybody seen Oliver Cromwell?
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (+ffGB) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (y79kU) 106
62 My kid in London is part of the problem. He sees no issues at all with the invading horde as he and his family are largely insulated from the dangers (private security detail).
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (cYBz/) ****** Plutocrat blues... A man rises to the top through sheer will, guts, and toughness. And then has to worry about his kid going soft because of his father's ability to give him a good life. Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (kIrFD) 107
On the other hand, if Eva V. were my first cousin...
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (NYInA) 108
I'll bet all of you guys/gals have had relations with your first cousins.
Posted by: Kissin' Cousins (1964) at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (oftw2) 109
Starmer shouldn’t lose his head over this. So to speak.
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (+ffGB) 110
Anytime a person or group or country wants to ban something simply because they disagree with what that something is saying you know that that person or group or country is an asshole.
Posted by: I Ban You at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (GlDYx) --- AoSHQ handbook prefers "asshoe". Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:10 PM (krQz2) 111
Eva looks good from behind, too.
Posted by: Checked All The Angles at January 14, 2026 04:08 PM (oftw2) _____ [Perks up] -- Sir Mix-A-Lot Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/) 112
Journalist and political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek says the UK government has revoked her authorization to travel to Britain, citing that her presence is "not considered to be conducive to the public good,"
___________________________ Seems to me Eva has a golden opportunity here. The UK Government states unequivocally that "her presence is not considered conductive to the public good." That could, conceivably, be defamatory/ slander. And the burden in the UK on Defamation is not as high a hurdle as it is in the US. The burden first falls to the party who claims to be wronged. She merely has to show the statement to be defamatory, then show damages. As she would likely have been working on her trip to the UK, damages are easy. And, "not conductive for the public good" is a subjective assessment easily countered. Then the burden falls to the accused. The UK Government would have to defend their statement and the only way to do that is to admit it is censorship of ideas with which they don't agree. She should sue, out of principle. Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (dIske) 113
there's not going to be any economy left by the time they have the next election.
And the foreigners will plunder anything that remains. It will worse than Venezuela got because VZ at least has resources. UK's primary resource was international banking and commerce. They killed the oil industry, there is only so much demand for limestone and chalk, and as we have seen in South Africa, the newcomers know nothing, nor have the desire to continue industrial scale agriculture. UK will be a poverty island Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/TiS1) Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/lPRQ) 115
Despite the obvious health issues associated with the practice, the National Health Service, as a sign of support for the Muslim community, published a report on the benefits of first-cousin marriages. I kid you not.
Jerry Lee Lewis has entered the chat (and his cousin). Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (TezPK) Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (aZm/F) 117
Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s? The ones about boobs will probably get a call from Starmer.
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (+ffGB) 118
After midnight we gonna let it all hang out.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (A32KF) Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt) 120
Inbred waterheads
Posted by: Commissar of plenty of inbreeding at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (Kt19C) 121
How do you say Airstrip One in Arabic?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (X919G) 122
Anytime a person or group or country wants to ban something simply because they disagree with what that something is saying you know that that person or group or country is an asshole.
Posted by: I Ban You at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM That 'simply' is carrying a lot of baggage. Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO) 123
What is the process to have the PM stand down and go away? Why is everyone there afraid of this weenie?
He always looks like a scared bunny before the fox has him for lunch...then pukes due to some illness of the bunny. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:09 PM (WONhk) There is only one. King Chucky the Third has got to ask him to vacate the office and hold new elections. and now you know why England is so screwed. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (uWKK8) 124
Google AI:
Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen" Posted by: Mark1971 at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (CNl8/) Posted by: Commissar of plenty of inbreeding at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (Kt19C) 126
Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s? The ones about boobs will probably get a call from Starmer.
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (+ffGB) --- Good thing that with the Democrats out of power, we like in a free country. It kinda outlines the point of doing so. Fuck Starmer and fuck the fascist UK. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (krQz2) 127
Loves Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto) and suffers greatly from TDS. Like O'Rourke and all the other privileged left, he travels the world, but yet is willfully blind to things around him. Still votes he though - if it was up to me . . . . .
Posted by: Tonypete ======= For a lot of the upper class, the voting is purely a matter of social status not any concentrated logic. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (WDjG6) 128
Although in the UK's case, Agent Orange's 'The Last Goodbye' may be more appropriate.
https://tinyurl.com/pwnad898 Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (0u5+H) 129
Check out Catalina Lauf
yes, you have my vote, even though I'm in Illinois. https://tinyurl.com/p54kwfv2 Posted by: illiniwek at January 14, 2026 04:13 PM (vbXSk) 130
Pay your TV tax slaves.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (A32KF) 131
Covid was close to a black swan event .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KDPiq) As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment. ------- If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+) Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (+ffGB) 133
n the other hand, if Eva V. were my first cousin...
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer Actually, you might not. Mostly because she'd also look a lot like your Mom, your sister, and other cousins. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (/lPRQ) 134
Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s?
75% of the postings in ANY thread would rate a visit. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (ExV1e) 135
The UK government has just BANNED Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering Britain
...... it's those blue eyes and nice teeth Posted by: wth at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS) 136
If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+) --- Indeed we might have Janky advising us what we can and can't say on line--or Janky II. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (krQz2) 137
So if she threw a sword at someone....
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (A32KF) 138
Any guesses as to what Eva's family name means?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/lPRQ) Ancient Mounds of Magnificence? Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (g078z) 139
> 31 This post needs more pics.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (/lPRQ) You ask. I provide. https://tinyurl.com/ehtmkv8w Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:15 PM (IG3/x) 140
My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day. Alien body with boobs (natural) that Sydney Sweeney would envy. Don't ask me if I ever considered it.
Sadly, as soon as she grew out of her teens she got into some really bad habits, put on 100 pounds, and that was that. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/) 141
In fairness, the clog wearing tulip merchants should be banned as a general principle.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (jc0TO) 142
I would tell Eva and Catalina about the waters of my homeworld - totally stolen from another Moron
Posted by: turambar at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Q0yOR) 143
Typo in the headline. How could anyone misspell Vlaardingerbroek?
Unless Im copying and pasting, shes just Eva V. And often even if I am copying and pasting, because thats a name I dont trust other people to get right. Except maybe her. And only maybe. Ive known people have trouble spelling their own name who have simpler names than that. FYI, no guarantees, but she has been in the past a guest on the Mark Steyn Cruise. No Kristols allowed. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (EXyHK) 144
What’s even worse with this culture we are defending is 1st cousins marry, and they have offspring who are seemingly okay, but they marry first cousins, who then marry first cousins, and then the Hapsburgs look normal.
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (aZm/F) 146
>> Any guesses as to what Eva's family name means?
Loosely translated it means a well rounded behind, and firm boobs. Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (+ffGB) 147
Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen"
Posted by: Mark1971 So hot or not? Depends on what Vlaardingen means? Probably "town near the wetlands". Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (/lPRQ) 148
116 It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (aZm/F) They didn't. In the last election, only 33.7% of the votes went for Labour, which was only about 20% of total voters. Because the Tories, and Reform, and the Lib Dems split all the rest, Labour took 63% of the seats in Parliament, and can run the country like a dictatorship. and now you know why England's Parliamentary system sucks balls. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (uWKK8) 149
75%???
More like 95%. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:16 PM (aZm/F) --- It would be as if every day was post on old thread day. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (krQz2) Posted by: Pete Bootedgeedge, Sodomite at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (GlDYx) 151
63 Cousin marriage wasn't really a thing with the lower classes. It was big with the upper classes because they were adamant about keeping wealth within the family. When idiocy became prevalent, they had to let it go. Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:02 PM (qFwJc) This is about me, isn't it? Posted by: Charles II of Spain and his big big jaw at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (wLjpr) 152
> 28 She is truly "hotter than a Rolex in a pawn shop."
Posted by: T-Lo at January 14, 2026 03:57 PM (gIVSr) Hotter than a set of jumper cables at a hillbilly funeral. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (IG3/x) 153
Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen"
Posted by: Mark1971 So hot or not? Depends on what Vlaardingen means? Probably "town near the wetlands". Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM Moist. Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (jc0TO) 154
yes, you have my vote, even though I'm in Illinois.
https://tinyurl.com/p54kwfv2 Posted by: illiniwek Catalina was born in Illinois. Posted by: Big Fan Now at January 14, 2026 04:17 PM (oftw2) 155
Loosely translated it means a well rounded behind, and firm boobs.
Posted by: King Charles I Im pretty sure King Charles wouldnt notice those attributes if they Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (EXyHK) 156
It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.
--- Fascism isn't unpopular. Look at Madmani. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (krQz2) 157
If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47. Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:14 This, 1000 times this. Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (e2+im) 158
>>> 117 Do you realize about 75% of the postings in this thread would rate a visit from the Bobbie’s? The ones about boobs will probably get a call from Starmer.
Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (+ffGB) More like 95%, and I dare those fags to come over here. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (ULPxl) 159
140 My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day. Alien body with boobs (natural) that Sydney Sweeney would envy. Don't ask me if I ever considered it.
Sadly, as soon as she grew out of her teens she got into some really bad habits, put on 100 pounds, and that was that. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14 As I have shared with my offspring, just because you think it does not mean you have to say it. 😂 Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Wmg4n) 160
When your family tree doesn't have any branches.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (0KSrI) 161
I saw a youtube in September, shortly after Kirk was killed, of the Tommy Robinson gathering in London. It was powerful, millions came (some with flags of Kirk for free speech). Katie Hopkins, Tommy, and this beautiful woman, Eva. Powerful and moving day in London.
Mincing milksop Starmer should be afraid of her, and by this order he is afraid of what she has to say. The British people should not be afraid of the Starmer. Eva is gorgeous and a natural beauty with brains. Keep fighting, Eva! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (WONhk) 162
I'm old enough to remember the UK banning Michael Savage from entering back around 2009.
Because "hate speech" (AKA telling me truth). It was obvious even then that they were committing national suicide. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (EeAvm) 163
This, 1000 times this.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (e2+im) Twitter was great for us, but Trump elected Trump. He beat the hell out of Kamala like he did Hillary and Sleepy. Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (g078z) 164
Can Eva Vlaadingerbroek get any more appealing? I didn't think it was possible, but yes. Her middle name is Lotte.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Dv3i1) 165
Oh, correct, I forgot about the Reform party. Isn't that little guy, Farage, the head of it??
Or am I all screwed up? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (aZm/F) 166
As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment.
------- If Elon hadn't bought Twitter, would we have the 1st Amendment rights we enjoy at the moment? Because if Elon hadn't bought Twitter, we wouldn't have 47. Posted by: Crusader ++++ I believe it was Justice Stevens who put forth his expert opinion that the way to eliminate the 2nd was to eliminate the 1st first. This was said outside of court. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ) 167
Wow, when comapring Eva to the Devil incarnate, side by side, I know what choice a normal human would make.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (tmn4j) 168
My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day. Alien body with boobs (natural) that Sydney Sweeney would envy. Don't ask me if I ever considered it.
Sadly, as soon as she grew out of her teens she got into some really bad habits, put on 100 pounds, and that was that. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14 As I have shared with my offspring, just because you think it does not mean you have to say it. 😂 Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 04:18 PM (Wmg4n) ___ Well, I did say "don't ask" ... Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/) 169
As long as we have a 2nd Amendment, we'll have a 1st Amendment.
--- Eric Swalwell informs me that they have nukes and fighter planes. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (krQz2) 170
EEE-VA!
Posted by: WALL-E at January 14, 2026 04:20 PM (TbWk/) 171
124 Google AI:
Vlaardingerbroek is a Dutch surname meaning "from the marsh/wetland near Vlaardingen" Posted by: Mark1971 at January 14, 2026 04:12 PM (CNl8/) And then we built another castle... and it sank into the swamp.... There is a Yuge tracks of land punchline in their somewhere... Posted by: Romeo13 at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (mP0Kj) 172
CBD?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 04:01 PM (ULPxl) Thus the nom de plume! I'm going in 10 days, because it is still a great place to visit, but I doubt it will be for very much longer. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (n9ltV) 173
The UK is really Effed up. Really, really Effed up.
What the hell has happened to them? Beautiful blondes with opinions, nope. Islamist rape gangs taking advantage of local women without penalty? Shaking my head. It gets worse by the day. Is it time for the US to cut ties with our oldest ally? We did it before, you remember. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (4nEGa) 174
165 Oh, correct, I forgot about the Reform party. Isn't that little guy, Farage, the head of it??
Or am I all screwed up? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (aZm/F) He's still the head of it. There's a lot not to like about him, but he's still 1000% better than anyone else in English Politics today. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (uWKK8) 175
I believe it was Justice Stevens who put forth his expert opinion that the way to eliminate the 2nd was to eliminate the 1st first. This was said outside of court.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ) --- Which he should have been arrested for to make a point. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (krQz2) 176
Sargon of Akkad for UK PM.
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (iXqHn) 177
Vlaardingerbroek shared an image of a notice from the UK government stating that her Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) had been cancelled effective January 13, 2026. The notice states that she may not travel to the UK without a visa and that the decision cannot be appealed.
---------------- This is where she went wrong, lodging a formal application when all she had to do is get on a boat and sail in like all the illegals. Had she done that the Brits woukd have given her money and put her up in a four star hotel free of charge. Posted by: Decaf at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (Z8jzG) 178
Jack Straw, if you are still here, you might enjoy a concert that was live on Youtube last night celebrating the life of Bobby Weir. At the Brooklyn Bowl. More than 3 1/2 hours of music well done with many guests. I thought it was very good.
Posted by: Bushwick's Dead And Friends at January 14, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2) 179
172 I'm going in 10 days, because it is still a great place to visit, but I doubt it will be for very much longer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM Sounds like I should plan a trip or two before it goes up in flames. Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (WsJuq) 180
85 Scalding hot indeed!
The UK is fucked. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:04 PM (aZm/F) --- What? Proper fucked? Posted by: Tommy at January 14, 2026 04:05 PM (krQz2) Yeah Tommy. Right before zee Muzlims take over. Posted by: Turkish at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/) 181
> 116 It's hard to believe a majority voted for Starmer. He's a lunatic.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:11 PM (aZm/F) Doesn't work that way in a parliamentary system. Literally no Briton voted for this knob, other than the ones in his own heavily gerrymandered seat. What happens is you vote for "your" Member of Parliament (i.e., whichever one the party hacks have decided to run for your district). Then all of these party hack-chosen hacks get together and decide which party hack is Prime Minister. The voters get zero say in this. Not only that, but most parties in these systems require that you pay money to belong to them. But somehow our system is "undemocratic". You bet, snaggletooths. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (IG3/x) 182
I'm going in 10 days, because it is still a great place to visit, but I doubt it will be for very much longer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (n9ltV) Have you been before? Don't miss Westminster Abbey. I fear it will someday go the way of Notre Dame and you cannot build back that history. The smaller villages of Cotswalds and Roman Baths of Bath. Take a train to Edinburgh and the Highlands distilleries. Have fun! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk) 183
If the UK perused my comments here, I would NOT be receiving an ETA
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (aZm/F) 184
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you're allowed to say! -- Modern John F. Kennedy
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (krQz2) Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (Dv3i1) 186
Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (A32KF) 187
Doesn't work that way in a parliamentary system.
Literally no Briton voted for this knob, other than the ones in his own heavily gerrymandered seat. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:23 PM (IG3/x) --- Yeah, it's basically the Electoral College system! Which progs "hate". Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:25 PM (krQz2) 188
I always wanted to go to Hay-on-Wye, the Book Town....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:25 PM (X919G) 189
Have you been before?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk) Heh...about 20 times. Now I go for the cask ales and discovering new museums. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:25 PM (n9ltV) 190
Her name means watery tart.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (pkeXY) Posted by: Commissar of plenty of inbreeding at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (Kt19C) 192
Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (A32KF) --- Trump just signed a MAHA bill to give kids access to whole milk. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (krQz2) 193
The Dutch are cool and all, but they have some seriously jacked-up orthography.
Nearly as bad as Finnish or Irish Gaelic. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:26 PM (IG3/x) 194
This UK nonsense it what has given us Based Amelia, the 2026 waifu of the year.
https://tinyurl.com/4mwhvbse If you haven't seen the UK Government propaganda game that created her: https://tinyurl.com/3z2cwjej Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz) 195
Had she done that the Brits woukd have given her money and put her up in a four star hotel free of charge.
More likely would have trafficked her to a foreigner pimp. Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (PVBkQ) 196
And then we built another castle... and it sank into the swamp....
There is a Yuge tracks of land punchline in their somewhere... Posted by: Romeo13 It's all in the caissons.... Posted by: Karen Bass at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (oftw2) 197
>> Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?
Wait- jugs? Are we still talking about Eva? Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (+ffGB) 198
I fear it will someday go the way of Notre Dame and you cannot build back that history.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (WONhk) By the way, the frogs did an absolutely spectacular job of rebuilding Notre Dame, and they should be proud as a nation (not government...they did nothing). It is gorgeous, and better than ever. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (n9ltV) 199
I say, encourage first-cousin marriage in the Somali population, until they cease to be effective as a subset of human beings.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (ZxPkt) 200
His first stop is didsbury mosque❗️
--------------- After Sadiq Khan is installed as the new King, he'll rename the Church of England to the Caliphate of Western Europe. He might even make the Islamunist Mamdani one of his Harem of Queens (pun intended). Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (EeAvm) 201
All we got was 2%.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (A32KF) 202
So, I guess “broke” is cognate with English “brook.”
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ) 203
Always the "public good," the "public safety." The alibi of tyrants over the ages. (credit to Camus.)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (h/ffs) 204
173 The UK is really Effed up. Really, really Effed up.
What the hell has happened to them? Beautiful blondes with opinions, nope. Islamist rape gangs taking advantage of local women without penalty? Shaking my head. It gets worse by the day. Is it time for the US to cut ties with our oldest ally? We did it before, you remember. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 14, 2026 04:21 PM (4nEGa) ++++ It is both absurd and extremely disheartening. I guess they are just hell-bent on the One World Government scenario and are doing their part to make that happen, pronto. Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (2dlNj) 205
I say, encourage first-cousin marriage in the Somali population, until they cease to be effective as a subset of human beings.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (ZxPkt) -------------- Too late, Don! Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (EeAvm) 206
There is a country that:
- arrests over 12k of its people a year for what they say - makes it illegal to own an unregistered TV or radio - wants to ban X and all other social media platforms - wants to ban any encrypted communication app - has banned all handguns, most rifles and shotguns, also has a knife ban - has admitted government officials are running rape gangs against the people; no arrests If you didn't already know that was England, you'd guess it was a totalitarian state like North Korea. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k) 207
Always the "public good," the "public safety." The alibi of tyrants over the ages. (credit to Camus.)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:28 PM (h/ffs) --- Remember what the Jacobin government was called? Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (krQz2) 208
Reading this article has made me hanker for a giant Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.
With extra bacon. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (4nEGa) 209
Reuters just now.
"According to Reuters, US military action in Iran may begin within the next 24 hours. US personnel have been advised to leave the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday night. Al Udeid Air base is the Middle East’s largest US military base, housing around 10,000 troops." Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (WDjG6) 210
>
Wait- jugs? Are we still talking about Eva? Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (+ffGB) Picture of her holding...yes, milk jugs. You ask, I find. https://tinyurl.com/5n8dephk Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (IG3/x) 211
"We had to destroy free speech to protect free speech." - Herr OberstSturmFuhrer Keir Starmer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 04:30 PM (Nnyqs) 212
Speaking of Starmer and the UK:
Paul Joseph Watson: This is Simply Terrifying YouTube (05:35): https://bit.ly/49TTAg2 Under the terms of the Online Safety Act, the government will now be able to access every single private message sent on smartphones. And then use that to initiate criminal proceedings against you. UK government says that it will only be used against terrorist threats. But the UK government considers anyone who is against mass immigration and British replacement to be a potential terrorist. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 14, 2026 04:31 PM (P5BPp) 213
If you didn't already know that was England, you'd guess it was a totalitarian state like North Korea.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k) -------------- It might be a little confusing when both England and New York City rename themselves New North Korea. Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 04:31 PM (EeAvm) 214
204 It is both absurd and extremely disheartening. I guess they are just hell-bent on the One World Government scenario and are doing their part to make that happen, pronto.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (2dlNj) Islam and Shari'ah Law are most likely the quickest way to One World Government. Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (iXqHn) 215
There is a country that:
- arrests over 12k of its people a year for what they say - makes it illegal to own an unregistered TV or radio - wants to ban X and all other social media platforms - wants to ban any encrypted communication app - has banned all handguns, most rifles and shotguns, also has a knife ban - has admitted government officials are running rape gangs against the people; no arrests Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k) --- Feels duty-bound to give you another home if you blow out the walls of your current government housing, or make it unlivable. Also will lock senior citizens in a basement as the "Liverpool path" for healthcare. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (krQz2) 216
Also, can we start referring to the UK as "Airstrip One" ? I think they are almost there.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (ZxPkt) 217
It is both absurd and extremely disheartening. I guess they are just hell-bent on the One World Government scenario and are doing their part to make that happen, pronto.
____ They all seem to be in a huge hurry. Australia had some muslims kill jews at Bondi beach a few weeks back and they already have a 'fix' in place, 'islamophobic' speech is not allowed. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1) 218
iiiiiinteresting.....
- Iranian regime elite transferred $1.5 BILLION out of Iran via crypto in last 48 hours. - Khamenei's son alone moved $328 million to Dubai. what up , dog?? Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (g47mK) 219
Well, I think we all agree: Keir Starmer is a communist worm and Eva is welcome here at the HQ any time she wishes to visit. CBD can probably send her an Electronic Travel Authorization good for a visit here.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (ufeQq) 220
I'm sure they're well on their way to becoming doctors and lawyers.
@HumanEvents 17m BREAKING: High school ICE OUT protest ends early as students begin brawling inside the ( Minnesota ) state capital Police have begun detaining the assailants Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 04:33 PM (mlg/3) 221
194 This UK nonsense it what has given us Based Amelia, the 2026 waifu of the year.
https://tinyurl.com/4mwhvbse If you haven't seen the UK Government propaganda game that created her: https://tinyurl.com/3z2cwjej Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz) They made the attractive girl the only based character for a game aimed mostly at young boys. The idiots can’t even get their scare tactic propaganda games right. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:33 PM (6ydKt) 222
If all goes well over the next few weeks, months or even years, we may be able to move our embassy from London to Tehran for safety reasons.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (0u5+H) 223
I watched about eight of these videos this morning from most recent back, and I cannot figure out where the tinfoil hat comes in. https://www.youtube.com/@PrometheanAction/videos Am I missing something nutty here? I ask because this empire vs. republic stuff is an angle I have never considered before, but it somehow fits in with a lot of the disillusionment I've been experiencing since COVID. Posted by: biteme at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (xWS9V) 224
How the Limeys have fallen in a century. Watch ZULU again, and see what used to constitute manhood in Limeyland. The movie has some lies in it, for example Hook was a exemplary soldier, not a drunk, a coward, or a troublemaker. That part pisses me off. But the manhood was real.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (pohLc) 225
The British voters are getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (abIsI) 226
208 Reading this article has made me hanker for a giant Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.
With extra bacon. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg Sounds good, but I don't have any lettuce or tomato. What do I do? Posted by: Oscar Mayer at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (oftw2) 227
Reuters link
https://tinyurl.com/3p39u4f7 Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (WDjG6) 228
> 199 I say, encourage first-cousin marriage in the Somali population, until they cease to be effective as a subset of human beings.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (ZxPkt) How do you think they got to be the mean IQ of 85 shithole that they are? Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (IG3/x) 229
173 The UK is really Effed up. Really, really Effed up.
What the hell has happened to them? =========== Specifically targeted people could not resist that sweet, sweet bribery of Middle East Oil Money. Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (Q+gd/) Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (aZm/F) Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC) 232
132 Ace,
Use this picture you piker. https://tinyurl.com/mr36ctac Posted by: King Charles I at January 14, 2026 04:14 PM (+ffGB) ________________________________ Oh, I have a better one than that. Hmmmm....perhaps I won't provide that link. People might not understand. Posted by: The Former Prince Phillip at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske) 233
Moar bacon. Letteuce is water.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (A32KF) 234
225 The British voters are getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.
____ Maybe. It's also possible they are occupied by a foreign power. Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (Dv3i1) Posted by: Rev DR E Buzz at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (och2J) 236
228 How do you think they got to be the mean IQ of 85 shithole that they are?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:34 PM (IG3/x) 85? Try 35. Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (iXqHn) 237
"A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was pulling some personnel from key bases in the region as a precaution given heightened regional tensions.
Britain was also withdrawing some personnel from an air base in Qatar ahead of possible U.S. strikes, the newspaper reported. The British defence ministry had no immediate comment. "All the signals are that a U.S. attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes. Unpredictability is part of the strategy," a Western military official told Reuters later on Wednesday. Two European officials said U.S. military intervention could come in the next 24 hours. An Israeli official also said it appeared Trump had decided to intervene, though the scope and timing remained unclear. Qatar said drawdowns from its Al Udeid air base, the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East, were "being undertaken in response to the current regional tensions". Three diplomats said some personnel had been told to leave the base, though there were no immediate signs of large numbers of troops being bussed out . . . ." Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (WDjG6) 238
I think HRH The Duchess of Sussex needs to go back to England and straighten that place out.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X919G) 239
"You cannot appeal this decision."
This is so screwed up. Trump needs to get involved.. Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC) --- No, he doesn't. America can't right all wrongs. We'll be stretched too thin. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (krQz2) 240
BTW, Eva Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz may perch on me face anytime.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (pohLc) 241
There are more straws.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (A32KF) 242
186 Why is there a jug of milk at the press conference?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:24 PM (A32KF) I know, right? Hilarious. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:37 PM (zYpTz) 243
I'll just stay in my flat, playing Pathways.
Posted by: Grudge Harbour at January 14, 2026 04:37 PM (yFLFB) 244
They all seem to be in a huge hurry. Australia had some muslims kill jews at Bondi beach a few weeks back and they already have a 'fix' in place, 'islamophobic' speech is not allowed.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 04:32 PM (Dv3i1) Maybe we've hit peak moral inversion. The more they try to kill us, the more concessions we make to them. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (h/ffs) 245
> 238 I think HRH The Duchess of Sussex needs to go back to England and straighten that place out.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X919G) Which reminds me: has anyone made a porno with the title of "The Duchess of SuckSex" yet? Probably not... the era of clever porno titles is long gone. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (IG3/x) 246
There is a country that:
- arrests over 12k of its people a year for what they say - makes it illegal to own an unregistered TV or radio - wants to ban X and all other social media platforms - wants to ban any encrypted communication app - has banned all handguns, most rifles and shotguns, also has a knife ban - has admitted government officials are running rape gangs against the people; no arrests If you didn't already know that was England, you'd guess it was a totalitarian state like North Korea. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k) Is, apparently, demanding that companies scan all your communications, even private communications, for bad-thought. https://youtu.be/5nTUKX0ihsw Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (ExV1e) 247
The idiots can’t even get their scare tactic propaganda games right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf Starting with a goth girl who's barely wearing any black.... Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (KAi1n) Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (T+5zb) 249
Am I missing something nutty here?
I ask because this empire vs. republic stuff is an angle I have never considered before, but it somehow fits in with a lot of the disillusionment I've been experiencing since COVID. Posted by: biteme Jerry Pournelle's website, Chaos Manor is still up last I checked although he died several years ago. He termed the US as an incompetent empire back decades ago and as a former poli sci prof at Pepperdine, explained in laymens' terms of what he meant by that. Well worth checking out and I think you can pull up his columns discussing that by search engine. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (WDjG6) 250
> America can't right all wrongs. We'll be stretched too thin.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (krQz2) That's what cluster bombs are for. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (IG3/x) 251
Don't forget that these totalitarian muzzie-loving ponces--in addition to criminalizing nearly everything--have all-but eliminated the right to a jury trial.
And the leading alternative party to this totalitarianism ran on a platform of "we don't disagree with any of their policies, we just think they are moving too quickly." Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (HXT0k) 252
I'm not familiar with Eva. She is quite en fuego.
Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (SwyyQ) 253
There is no England anymore.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (A32KF) 254
238 I think HRH The Duchess of Sussex needs to go back to England and straighten that place out.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 14, 2026 04:36 PM (X919G) I'd be glad to have her and her hen pecked husband out of here.. GB deserves them... Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:40 PM (VE6XX) 255
Trump needs to get involved..
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC) Put Vance on it. Like he did earlier. We're supposed to have a continuing "special relationship" with a leadership that despises free speech? Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:40 PM (h/ffs) 256
Runner, how is that confirmed?
I'm sure it's true. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (aZm/F) Israeli sources - TV 14 Channel, then posted on a site that monitors this sort of thing... https://tinyurl.com/4ywvk2du Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (g47mK) 257
Trump needs to get involved..
The UK isn't our country. Eva isn't a US citizen. He has enough on his plate. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (ExV1e) 258
Wow.
wtf happened to England? Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (T+5zb) --- They're growing into the implications of their politics. I have to laugh at every Brit that took umbrage all the time that I have been on internet discussions that Americans have no more freedom of speech than they do. I don't want to laugh. I have to. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2) 259
Oh, look! I DID have "The Collapse of Britain" on my Bingo card.
I'm guessing I'm not the only one. That game was rigged long ago. Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (gLikB) 260
IMHO, UK and Western Europe are already lost.
Like Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense," they are dead, but just don't know it yet. Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (qFwJc) 261
255 Trump needs to get involved..
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 04:35 PM (NpAcC) Nah.. Let them destroy themselves Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (VE6XX) 262
I am sure it's just a normal Tue - Wed in Ayatollah land, with all the banks of verge of collapse and stuff...
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (g47mK) 263
The Muslims have taken all the Angles.
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (krQz2) Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (ZxPkt) 265
If you haven't seen the UK Government propaganda game that created her: https://tinyurl.com/3z2cwjej
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 14, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz) ---- The main character in that video is a boy named "Charlie" but he's always referred to by the pronoun "they" instead of "he." That tells you everything you need to know about this propaganda. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (ESVrU) 266
The UK has been Fundamentally Transformed(tm).
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Q+gd/) 267
261 Nah.. Let them destroy themselves
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (VE6XX) Not our circus. Not our monkeys. Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (iXqHn) 268
Starting with a goth girl who's barely wearing any black....
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 14, 2026 04:38 PM (KAi1n) They’ve gone with the idea that to be a goth girl you just have to have dark thoughts, and wear a choker. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt) 269
I like how that spotted dick licker Kimmel went to the UK and declared the ... US were the fascists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (HXT0k) 270
Eva has been a guest lecturer on several Mark Steyn cruises, as they are friends. So, if you ever want to get to schmooze with her, that might be the way to do it.
Posted by: Won't You Let Me Take You On a Sea cruise at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (oftw2) 271
If it can help Farage, we should do or say what's needed for that.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (h/ffs) 272
Yeah, "special status" has to go away.
Another country whose ass we saved has gone into the crapper. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:44 PM (aZm/F) 273
225 The British voters are getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.
____ Maybe. It's also possible they are occupied by a foreign power. Posted by: Chuck Martel ======= Can't really say that when Labor won a landslide with 33 percent of the vote which is near a historical low for them in recent era. That means 67 percent of the vote chose someone other than Labor. Reform plus Conservatives had 38 percent but a lot fewer seats. Lib Dems had 12.2. And turnout was low at 60 percent of registered voters. This is why the GOPe has been able to hang in there, the Democrats are crazy while teh GOPe is corrupt. If Trump had started a new party, likely 2024 would have had the same consequences--Democrat supermajority. So we have to go election by election to weed out the traitors and replace the new quislings as well like MTG that suddenly get strange new respect from the left. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:45 PM (WDjG6) 274
268 They’ve gone with the idea that to be a goth girl you just have to have dark thoughts, and wear a choker.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 14, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt) These days, most of them have a penis. Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 04:45 PM (iXqHn) 275
Farage has been to limp-wristed in his pronouncements.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (qFwJc) 276
OT/ but did Nick Shirley release the stuff he said he had on Minnesota ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (VE6XX) 277
266 The UK has been Fundamentally Transformed(tm).
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Q+gd/) ------ Imagine what Barry and his handlers would have done to us if Trump had not won. Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (aZm/F) 278
>>> My first cousin was a smokeshow back in the day.
Yeah, I was scared to admit it, but same here. Needless to say it left me feeling very confused as a young lad. Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (SwyyQ) 279
UK has become Dar-as-Salam now? When will they make it official?? Think of all the dhimmis they can plunder!!
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM (pDt9x) 280
Eva has been a guest lecturer on several Mark Steyn cruises, as they are friends. So, if you ever want to get to schmooze with her, that might be the way to do it.
So you're saying there's a chance... Posted by: Archimedes at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t) 281
Verizon cellular outage?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (aKh6S) 282
Banning a tall smokin' hawt young Dutch chick because she says some things that puts sand in their vajayjays just proves that the Limeys are a bunch of ass-spelunking poofters. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (y9nCu) 283
Not here.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (A32KF) 284
Where the UK is now, we would be if Hillary won.
And where we would be in a year if Kamala had won. And 80% of the people, the bureaucrats, who would have eagerly implemented all of this are still working in the federal government. Sometimes, you have to step back and see not just what we dodged, but also how much we are up against. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (HXT0k) 285
281 Verizon cellular outage?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (aKh6S) Eastern seaboard, mostly. Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (pDt9x) 286
They're growing into the implications of their politics.
I have to laugh at every Brit that took umbrage all the time that I have been on internet discussions that Americans have no more freedom of speech than they do. I don't want to laugh. I have to. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2) There was some bit from a TV show ("The Newsroom") about 13-14 years ago where Jeff Daniels' character has a lamer version of the "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore" speech from "Network" and he says all these countries including Canada, the UK, France...all "have freedom". This was his evidence that the US sucks, as these other countries have "freedom" but the US is only 7th in literacy..so on and so forth. That clip did not age well IMHO. Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (9Ovst) 287
And did those feet in ancient times Walk upon England's mountains green? But these days, he'd better watch his mouth Or they'd throw him in the clink. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (krQz2) 288
The Tommy Robinson tie in.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (A32KF) 289
More fun from Starmer's UK,
"I posted an all-too-brief item on Instapundit earlier today about Prime Minister Keir Starmer's actions to "turn your smartphone into a government surveillance device," as the Telegraph's Zia Yusuf put it, but a topic this important deserves the full VodkaPundit Treatment™. Calling it "the terrifying endpoint" of Britain's Online Safety Act (OSA), Starmer's Labour government will finalize guidance in April of this year on deploying "'accredited technology' for scanning messages sent with end-to-end encryption." What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play." Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (WDjG6) 290
208 Reading this article has made me hanker for a giant Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich.
With extra bacon. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg ---- My first Club sandwich, Gramps bought at the lunch counter. It was like Christopher Columbus discovering the new world. Extatic. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (y79kU) Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (V87Oy) 292
We could use a new Crusade, and I'm not kidding.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (aZm/F) 293
Sorry, meant to say 'punchier'.
Point still stands. Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at January 14, 2026 04:49 PM (V87Oy) 294
That clip did not age well IMHO.
Posted by: Thrawn ======= Daniels is a midwit that thinks he is a political genius. In reality, closer to Dumb and Dumber character. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:49 PM (WDjG6) 295
253 There is no England anymore.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:39 PM (A32KF) The Kinks have entered the chat. Posted by: No Name Today at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (8mulE) 296
What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play."
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (WDjG6) And they call Trump a Nazi Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (VE6XX) 297
First cousin marriage exists as a way to keep resources in a family.
It is a solution to a problem of a society that does not work together and instead is made up of hostile tribes. Which was the case in Islam in the 600s, and much of the world in fairness. In theory in 2026 of course that is no longer true. A Smith can marry a Jones without worrying about politics and family wealth because western societies are at peace and most people believe that each generation will create more wealth anyway so you don't need to horde the wealth your family got by raiding a neighbor a generation ago... But Islam hasn't moved beyond this. Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm) 298
The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+) 299
296 What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play."
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (WDjG6) And they call Trump a Nazi Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (VE6XX) The Lives of Others, 2026. Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:51 PM (pDt9x) 300
That clip did not age well IMHO. Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (9Ovst) That clip came up in my yootoob feed recently as well. I'm sure the algorithm hasn't been tweeked to push it forward... Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 04:51 PM (y9nCu) 301
But Islam hasn't moved beyond this.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm) So you can marry your cousin.. How about your brother ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 04:51 PM (VE6XX) 302
The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.
Posted by: Crusader at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+) Am not. Not, not, not. -- Queer Starmer, stomping his wee foot impotently. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (ExV1e) Posted by: Beverly at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (reMys) 304
Oh, just saw this about the milk:
Incredible moment in the Oval Office as President Trump gives award to little 1st grader boy who PERFECTLY explains to him how milk is produced "I didn't know that! Actually - I'm gonna give him a MEDAL!" Off to his left at that presser is a group of kids. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (zYpTz) 305
Not tonite?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (A32KF) 306
269 I like how that spotted dick licker Kimmel went to the UK and declared the ... US were the fascists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice As his show continues to swirl down the drain. A good reason that Disney is languishing and Iger sitting on his ass refusing to do what his competitors are doing--spinning off loser tv networks, will come back to bite Disney in the ass. Iger for whatever reason cannot fix his own mistakes nor change direction and as a result, Disney is stagnating because it needs both done. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (WDjG6) 307
There was some bit from a TV show ("The Newsroom") about 13-14 years ago where Jeff Daniels' character has a lamer version of the "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore" speech from "Network" and he says all these countries including Canada, the UK, France...all "have freedom". This was his evidence that the US sucks, as these other countries have "freedom" but the US is only 7th in literacy..so on and so forth.
That clip did not age well IMHO. Posted by: Thrawn at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (9Ovst) --- But dumbass Sorkin wrote that about a decade after the Canadian court specifically told Mark Steyn that free speech was a "Yank idea". (So Steyn did not have free speech in Canada). He could have done some research for his show. It just makes his "reporter" main character look like he can't do research either. Hmmm... which... is probably accurate to the state of our news today. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (krQz2) 308
284 Where the UK is now, we would be if Hillary won.
And where we would be in a year if Kamala had won. And 80% of the people, the bureaucrats, who would have eagerly implemented all of this are still working in the federal government. Sometimes, you have to step back and see not just what we dodged, but also how much we are up against. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 04:48 PM (HXT0k) ++++ What is truly frightening to me is that we came within a hair's breadth of losing our dear and beloved president with that first assassination attempt. Worldwide, things can change drastically and dramatically in a heartbeat. Posted by: washrivergal at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (2dlNj) 309
305 Not tonite?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (A32KF) Being married, I understand. Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (pDt9x) 310
President Trump gives award to little 1st grader boy who PERFECTLY explains to him how milk is produced
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (zYpTz) --- He knows about the cup sizes? Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2) 311
@280
>>So you're saying there's a chance... Looking at her husband, she obviously did not prioritize looks. Not saying he's ugly, but he ain't no chad either. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (XV/Pl) 312
2% milk sucks.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (A32KF) 313
He knows about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2) Kids are so precocious these days. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (zYpTz) Posted by: The Paolo at January 14, 2026 04:54 PM (X919G) 315
And they call Trump a Nazi
Posted by: It's me donna ===== The thing is that the Democrats in the bureaucracy and in office were doing exactly that to Trump and all his associates since 2015. Tapping his comms, getting secret subpoenas, etc. This is a WEF and CIA approved strategy to try to take down those governments resistant to globalization. Use the Deep State intel and law enforcement to destroy and imprison their enemies. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:55 PM (WDjG6) 316
You got the A...
You got the B... Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 14, 2026 04:55 PM (3Bfws) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (y79kU) 318
Not tonite?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:52 PM (A32KF) --- Because, Tonight, tonight, tonight O-oh. Gonna make you right, Tonight, tonight O-oh! Posted by: UK at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (krQz2) 319
BTW, female "circumcision" should more accurately be called "clitoral excision."
Eva has been a brave and brilliant champion of freedom, a thankless task in the Eee Yew. Posted by: Beverly at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (reMys) 320
302 The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.
Posted by: Crusader ======== The dirty secret is most male gays hate women. They desire the same dudes. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:56 PM (WDjG6) 321
Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U) 322
321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman ======= At least the ones that radar can see. Posted by: whig at January 14, 2026 04:58 PM (WDjG6) 323
Turkey is shipping some kebabs to Egypt.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 04:58 PM (A32KF) Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (g47mK) 325
321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U) ------- What does that mean? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (aZm/F) 326
I never saw V for Vendetta but I saw clips of it. And at the time I thought it was pretty stupid in how it pictured future Britain.
But you know now...? I'm kind of seeing it. Though one thing it got really really wrong... A man like Keir Starmer has no interest in Natalie Portman as a schoolgirl. Now...schoolboy? Maybe... Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (sKqQm) 327
Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U) ------- What does that mean? Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (aZm/F) Not a good place for vacation right now. Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 04:59 PM (g47mK) 328
And they call Trump a Nazi
Obviously Hitler's greatest crime was stopping Jewish illegal immigrants from sneaking into his country... Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm) 329
The leaders of the UK have now reached the point where they're afraid of a girl. A girl. A very pretty girl, but a girl nonetheless.
Posted by: Crusader --- Well they're only used to girls being surrounded by rape gangs. It's understandable. Posted by: Axeman at January 14, 2026 05:00 PM (krQz2) 330
I would have thought a lot of private jets would be jamming up the airspace in Iran.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 14, 2026 05:00 PM (aZm/F) 331
(Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play." Posted by: whig ============= Back to analog then. Real life. Tea parties. Has an upside. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 05:01 PM (Jxa0O) 332
321 Airspace over Iran looking pretty sparse at the moment
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 04:57 PM (h/O4U) I suspect a lot of transponders have been turned off... Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 14, 2026 05:01 PM (MZ+PY) 333
UK has become Dar-as-Salam now? When will they make it official?? Think of all the dhimmis they can plunder!!
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 202 ---- That's exactly how the Somalis in the US feel about Americans. We're dhimmis paying the jizya, so they are perfectly justified in stealing our wealth. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 05:01 PM (ESVrU) 334
But Islam hasn't moved beyond this. Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm) And it never will. mohammedan doctrine is written to be stagnant and anti-progress. If big mo didn't do it in his lifetime then it's forbidden. Which is one of the big reasons why Al Qaeda and ISIS are at war with apostates who dabble in modern civilization. Saudi spoiled brats who buy supercars are as hated as Americans. If camels were good enough for mo's use, then they should be good enough for the House of Saud. Being a bunch of illiterate goat-fucking hypocrite savages, they make exceptions for T-72s, DShK machine guns and AK-47s. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (y9nCu) 335
I gotta say, my cousin's pretty hot...
Posted by: Spartacus Booker at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (W+TLY) 336
Ah, Jeff Daniels. I keep forgetting he's still around. I always got him and Matthew Modine mixed up. They're kind of interchangeable.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (sAmhv) Posted by: A flock of seagulls at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: Turkey at January 14, 2026 05:02 PM (krQz2) 339
Being a bunch of illiterate goat-fucking hypocrite savages, they make exceptions for T-72s, DShK machine guns and AK-47s.
Heh, Jihadis are guilty of "cultural appropriation" of our weapons aren't they. Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (sKqQm) 340
I guess Queer wants to bang his first cousin (male)
Posted by: Lookin good Cuz at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (gAIXz) 341
Farage has been to limp-wristed in his pronouncements.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 04:46 PM Nigel is the Deep State's fallback position. Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 05:03 PM (jc0TO) 342
Looking at her husband, she obviously did not prioritize looks.
Not saying he's ugly, but he ain't no chad either. Posted by: Thomas Bender Karoline Leavitt's husband is 60. Posted by: Fortunate Old Guy at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (oftw2) 343
Nigrl. How freaking Brit is that?
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (pDt9x) 344
Nood, my brethren and sisteren.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s) 345
319 BTW, female "circumcision" should more accurately be called "clitoral excision."
- Posted by: Beverly --- Media and others have been using that term, circumcision, for years to misdirect the readers and listeners thoughts to soften their opinion. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (y79kU) 346
Quier Stormfront.
Posted by: Turkey at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (krQz2) 347
Verizon cellular outage? Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 04:47 PM (aKh6S) Her Majesty is on the road right now and we can't connect. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 05:04 PM (tgvbd) 348
I guess from the Somali/Paki perspective this all makes sense
Mohammed said the infidels will pay them the jizya because of the superiority of Islam and sure enough European and American government officials went to their countries, paid them to move West, and then put them on welfare and various grifts. Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (sKqQm) 349
Soon UK residents will have as little freedom as Hong Kong residents.
Posted by: mr tmz at January 14, 2026 05:05 PM (rJ48h) 350
NOOD ALERT
Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 05:09 PM (SwyyQ) 351
Eva Vlaarmdingerbroek made momentous speech late last year in which she listed all the major European capitals and how their demographics changed just since 1990 from 94% Honkies to 34-59% honkies. She is quasar hot.
Posted by: Donovan Nuera at January 14, 2026 05:39 PM (LKMDZ) 352
I have to admit seeing the UK's point in keeping Eva Vlaarmdingerbroek out of their country. There would probably be at least 5 fatalities just from drivers being distracted by seeing a woman like that wandering about. Wow.
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